Canada’s Contradictory Cigarette Taxes and Regulations
April 22, 2019 – Lee Friday …… Politicians and bureaucrats appear to be more dangerous to our health than smoking.
Will Conservatives See the Light on Secession?
April 20, 2019 – José Niño …… Many on the Left still cling to the idea that if they can only elect “the right people,” everything will be fine. This is a doomed strategy.
Yes, Julian Assange Is a Journalist — But That Shouldn’t Matter
April 19, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… The Bill of Rights doesn’t mention that freedom of speech is restricted to a special class of establishment journalists. Freedom of speech is a universal property right, regardless of what the establishment-media gatekeepers say.
Capitalism Fosters Human Cooperation Like Nothing Else
April 18, 2019 – Barry Brownstein …… Sometimes the ordinary can reveal the miraculous.
Mick Jagger Has Heart Surgery in New York
April 17, 2019 – Randall Holcombe …… Why would Mick Jagger choose to have surgery in the United States rather than get “free” health care from the British National Health Service?
Liberty Means Repealing, not Reforming, Social Security
April 16, 2019 – Jacob G. Hornberger …… Liberty necessary entails the absence of infringements on liberty. Therefore, the attainment of a free society necessarily entails a lifting, dismantling, or repeal of infringements on liberty.
Preferring Prejudice
April 12, 2019 – K. Lloyd Billingsley …… Are quotas more important than qualifications?
Two Ways Our World Resembles “1984”
April 10, 2019 – Jon Miltimore …… It had been at least 25 years, and reading ‘1984’ today was a very different experience.
When the State Kicks Down Your Door and Takes Your Child over a Fever
April 9, 2019 – Carey Wedler …… Have state efforts to protect families from themselves become a more serious threat than the supposed dangers families pose to themselves?
In Defense of Bribery at SNC-Lavalin
April 8, 2019 – Lee Friday …… Bribery should be considered wrong only when individuals violate their terms of employment, in which case the culprit is the bribee, not the briber.