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How Paid Parental Leave Accidentally Promotes Inequality

by Eric Schuler | May 17, 2017 | Economics, Featured Articles, Libertarianism

In honor of Mother's Day, Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg called for a new public policy to limit economic opportunities and choices for women. Naturally, she did not phrase it quite like that. But among other policy asks in her pronouncement, Sandberg called for a...

Help That Hurts: The Case of US Food Aid

by Eric Schuler | Mar 22, 2017 | Economics, Featured Articles

President Trump's discretionary budget proposal includes a $182 million cut to the McGovern-Dole Food for Education program, eliminating the program entirely. Whatever else one thinks of Trump's budget, this is a good idea. It will save taxpayers a small amount of...

02/07/04 – Greg Perry – The Scott Horton Show

by Scott Horton | Feb 7, 2004 | The Scott Horton Show

Philip Dru interviews Greg Perry, the most successful author of books about computers on Earth, and author of the book, Disabling America: The Unintended Consequences of the Government's Protection of the Handicappedabout those consequences....

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TOP NEW RELEASE in Philosophy Criticism: Questioning the COVID Company Line!

Read Questioning the COVID Company Line: Critical Thinking in Hysterical Times to find out a bunch of stuff which you may not have known, including: "Listen to The Science!" embodies a logical fallacy. Vaccine technology depends upon the ability of the natural...

Will This Man Prevent World War Three?

In April, Tucker Carlson, the most popular show host in American news media, was unceremoniously fired from Fox News. He has since taken to the platform "X," formerly Twitter, to continue publishing his own program. Last week, during the first Republican primary...

A Note About My Health

I have some hard news to share. I recently had a seizure. After undergoing tests, I was diagnosed with stage-4 lung cancer (although I have never smoked) that has spread to my brain. The average life expectancy of those with my condition is very short. I am grateful...

‘Defend the Guard’ Phone Bank Was Huge Success

This Bring Our Troops Home newsletter is reprinted with permission. To receive them in your inbox, sign up at the top of the page. Friends, I could use this newsletter to give you an update about the Republican primary debate last night. Candidates talked and talked...

They’ll Ruin Your Country Then Piss on You for Sayin’ So

It should be no surprise that the faux-conservative "Rich Men North of Richmond" at the National Review don't approve of the meteoric rise of singer-songwriter Oliver Anthony. "Just what is it this time?" you might ask—did he oppose slaughtering a million Iraqis? No,...

The Gov’t Sterilized the “Feebleminded” in My Hometown

When I was in middle school, the bus route would take us past a mysterious, old campus with an array of decaying brick buildings. I always thought it was dark and ominous looking. Little did I know, a century prior, hundreds of people had been committed and sterilized...

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