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GOP Scrubs 2nd Amendment Protections From Party Platform
How this could affect the fight over gun rights
Brady Leonard | July 24, 2024
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The Real Reason Fast Food Is So Expensive
Fast food prices are high because demand for fast food remains really high, despite those higher prices.
Jon Miltimore | July 9, 2024
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When Big Business Fails, Small Shops Prevail
Small businesses are often much more attuned to people’s specific needs than giant corporations.
Kimberlee Josephson | June 26, 2024
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Chipotle Filming Trend and People in Free Markets
When customers come to your store, they expect a certain amount of value for their money.
Kristian Fors | June 21, 2024
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C.S. Lewis, Sci-fi, and the Normality of Peace
What C.S. Lewis can teach us about peace.
Peter Jacobsen | June 18, 2024
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The Forgotten European Country with an Unforgettable Name
Bottleneck the country no longer exists, but its name lingers on as a descriptor of what we all have had to deal with when we bump into government bureaucracy.
Lawrence W. Reed | June 18, 2024
‘Underpolicing’ And The Social Contract
If authorities won’t act to stop crime, people will seek private solutions. Maybe that’s good.
Scott Beyer | June 1, 2024
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Why Hitler Loved ‘Social Justice’
Like Karl Marx, Hitler saw the world through power structures, and the prevailing structures made it too difficult for all Germans to rise. This was an obstacle to “social justice” (soziale Gerechtigkeit).
Jon Miltimore | May 21, 2024
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Are Traffic Signals Necessary?
American roads perform sub-optimally because they’re over-engineered by government.
Scott Beyer | May 15, 2024