Could world health authorities be concealing information from the public at all right now? Who knows, could be. If they are doing this, is the need to "prevent panic" itself preventing people from having the information they need to take proactive protective measures?...
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News Roundup 2/7/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 7, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Police officers hired 118 handymen then charged them with working without a license. [Link] Congress is investigating three fatal incidents that killed 17 US service members in 2017 and 2018. ProPublica investigations found that the deaths occurred because of...
The Red Flag Flying Over the Second Amendment
by Jay Chambers | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics
The Second Amendment is the provision in the Bill of Rights that seems to scare people the most. Why? The Second Amendment lays down the groundwork for the right to keep and bear arms. Specifically, it asserts that the right of the people to keep and bear arms is the...
Take Some Responsibility
by Scott Horton | Feb 4, 2020 | Blog
It's widespread citizen support for the War on Drugs that makes this possible in the first place.
Following Federal Lawsuit, Richland, Wa. Drops Unconstitutional Street-Fees Law
by Matt Powers | Jan 31, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
Following a federal lawsuit brought by the Institute for Justice, the City of Richland has ended its practice of unconstitutionally forcing homeowners to upgrade city streets as a condition of obtaining a building permit. As a result of that change, Linda Cameron is...
War! Glorious War!
by Jeff Harris | Jan 30, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study released in 2016 the US Government was spending over $1 Billion annually on Public Relations. Approximately $626 Million of that was used by the Department of Defense to fund its PR campaign glamorizing and...
Trump Presents Offer the Palestinians Can’t Refuse
by Jason Ditz | Jan 29, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Warns the plan is the Palestinians' 'last chance' Flanked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump unveiled his long anticipated peace plan, in a public event seemingly more designed to distract from Netanyahu’s indictment than to actually offer...
News Roundup 1/28/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 28, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Trump will announce his “Deal of the Century” on Tuesday. The deal is meant to resolve the Israeli occupation of Palestine. However, Palestinians have already rejected many of the details of the plan that have been leaked. [Link] Daniel Larison explains how...
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Black Youth Unemployment Before Democrats Started “Helping”
Although most people are familiar with more recent statistics on black youth unemployment, not many are aware of the black/white statistics for earlier periods. Table 3.2 (below) shows that in 1948, the two were roughly equal. For that year, blacks aged sixteen to...
Political Discrimination vs. Market Discrimination – Walter E. Williams
Gross racial discrimination alone has never been sufficient to prevent blacks from earning a living and bettering themselves by working as skilled or unskilled craftsmen and as business owners, accumulating considerable wealth. The fact that whites sought out blacks...
GDP is a Scam, Here’s How to Measure Wealth
https://youtu.be/mYfH_9arsRk In 1981, the cheapest IBM personal computer cost $4,459 (in 2018 U.S. dollars), or 210 hours of labor. An Insignia tablet and keyboard combo cost $120 in 2018, or 5.6 hours of labor. - Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know, CATO...
The Democratic Policy Which Keeps Poor People Poor – Walter E. Williams
To criticize occupational licensing laws is not to argue that information about the quality of a licensee's services is not important to consumers. However, it is by no means clear that licensing is the most effective way to provide that information. Indeed, licensing...
How Economic Regulation Hurts the Poor – Walter E. Williams
In the name of protecting public health, California requires that an individual who seeks to perform any kind of hairstyling service must complete nine months (1,600 hours) of classes at a state-approved cosmetology school, at a tuition cost of at least $5,000, before...
My Body My Choice: Abolish Occupational Licensing
The most immediate effect of licensing is to restrict the number of practitioners because of the higher entry costs involved in meeting the qualifications of the activity. Some licenses, as in the cases of cosmeticians and barbers, require many months of schooling....
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