Bringing You A Different Perspective – Peace And Prosperity Are Maximized Through Free Markets, Not Through Suffocating Governments
May 26, 2020 – Lawrence W. Reed …… Even if the federal government possessed the power to jump into the crisis, it’s hard to conceive of any action it might have taken that would have better met the challenge than what Philadelphians did, crude though it seems by today’s standards.
May 25, 2020 – Gary Galles …… Governments often demand that you “ask what you can do for your country,” but those governments never guarantee us anything in return for our sacrifice.
May 24, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… Michigan barber Karl Manke deserves credit for his bravery and civil disobedience, but his courage may have been for naught without the intellectual contributions of Montesquieu and James Madison.
May 22, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Most of the world’s regimes enthusiastically destroyed their economies and consigned millions to destitution (and a rising tide of resulting health problems) in pursuit of a trendy and unproven theory. There’s still not evidence that the lockdowns worked.
May 20, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… For many parents, the ongoing closure of public schools will just reinforce growing suspicions that public schools just aren’t worth it anymore. Maybe they never were.
May 19, 2020 – Kerry McDonald …… It is not just about homeschooling. It is about state power over individuals, families, and children.
May 19, 2020 – Kerry McDonald …… A leading homeschooling expert and Harvard alum responds in a letter to the editor.
May 18, 2020 – José Niño …… Panic over the COVID-19 virus has led to the closure of many schools and new forays into education outside the government school system. Many will find that they don’t need the state’s schools at all.
May 17, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… Around the world, nations are starting to emulate Sweden’s COVID-19 strategy. Here’s why.
May 14, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Police have long shown a preference for enforcing petty laws against petty offenders. After all, real violent criminals fight back. The current COVID-19-induced crackdown on business owners has made things even worse.