Category : Gov’t Incompetence
This ‘Endangered Species’ Case Finally Ended in Defeat for the Government
by Guest Post
Last week saw a major victory for property rights and an end to another Endangered Species Act horror story. The saga began in 2012 when the U.S....
Lysander Spooner: The Anarchist Who Single-Handedly Took on the US Post Office
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This is a story about a philosopher, entrepreneur, lawyer, economist, abolitionist, anarchist—the list goes on. As his obituary summarizes, “To destroy tyranny, root and branch,...
2020 Democratic Policies Would Send Taxpayers a $68 Trillion+ Bill
On Thursday, top Democratic candidates officially took the stage, prepared to fight for the Presidential Democratic nomination. The front-runner, former Vice President Joe Biden sparred...
America’s Achilles Heel: Our Debt Catastrophe
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Our economy is strong, but so is the possibility that it may have an Achilles heel—the national debt. That was the consensus of participants in...
What Happens When Everyone Gets a ‘Free’ Lunch? Money Problems
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A yogurt company, Chobani, has picked up the tab for unpaid school lunches in a Rhode Island school district. That’s a relief to the school district, but...
The History and Results of our Disastrous Public School System, Part II
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There is a popular saying that “the proof is in the pudding.” In the first part of this article set, my colleague Mike Margeson spelled...
Does the State Care More About Tax Evasion than Murder?
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By Lee Friday Rape and murder are violent acts. Ordinary citizens consider these to be far more serious offenses than acts of theft. Accordingly, as...
The History and Results of America’s Disastrous Public School System, Part I
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While it’s almost universally understood that the American school system is underperforming, “reform,” too, is almost universally prescribed as the solution. Yet in other walks...
After 18 Years And Over 2,000 Soldiers Killed, US Stops Counting Land Lost To Taliban
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Grace Carr Republish Reprint The U.S. military is no longer measuring and recording the amount of land its forces have lost and gained in Afghanistan,...
Flint Councilman Berates Muslim Reporter: ‘Nasty Woman. Maybe It’s A Cultural Difference’
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Luke Rosiak Republish Reprint Flint, Michigan, Councilman Eric Mays recently berated a reporter from the only local paper. Mays previously pleaded guilty to felonious assault...