Bidenomics Is Yet Another Version of Failed Industrial Policy
On June 28, President Joe Biden took to the stage in Chicago to drum up support for his economic agenda, which his own team has taken to calling “Bidenomics.” The speech was part of a broader publicity tour, “Investing in
The White House Addresses Tranq While Lawmakers Fight The Last Battle Against Fentanyl Analogs
Jeffrey A. Singer Last May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the HALT Fentanyl Act, a futile attempt to address the overdose crisis by classifying as Schedule 1 drugs any new analogs of fentanyl (called “fentanyl‐related substances” or “FRSs”) that the drug cartels
Pennsylvania Legislators Want Higher Unemployment, Government Dependency, and Crime
On June 20, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill to raise the commonwealth’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2026. Although the bill is unlikely to pass the state senate, it seems only a matter of time
Stealing from SNAP
Chris Edwards Food stamp fraud is rising, particularly through EBT card skimming, as I discuss in this op‐ed. EBT numbers and PINs are a great target for theft because the cards do not have chips. This is one of many failures that should
Medicaid and Emergency Room Use
Marc Joffe CDC data show that Medicaid beneficiaries visit emergency rooms more frequently than individuals with private coverage, Medicare beneficiaries, and even the uninsured. Because ER visits are so expensive, federal and state governments could realize large savings by reducing the
The Soviet Abuse of Indigenous Peoples
The Democratic Socialists of America promotes a supposedly pro-Indigenous people platform. They stress that they do not want to further the “dispossession and exploitation of Indigenous people” while also recognizing the sovereignty of Native Americans. The Communist Party USA’s political
Joe Biden: Culture‐Warrior‐in‐Chief
Gene Healy Last week, the New York Times ran a front-page story admiring President Biden’s political acumen on culture-war issues (“Biden Sidesteps Any Notion That He’s a 'Flaming Woke Warrior'”, NYT, July 4, 2023). You’ve got to hand it to him,
Misreading Mill
Patrick Deneen writes that the nonaggression principle promotes a liberalism that is harmful to society, as evidenced by John Stuart Mill's idea of the tyranny of public opinion. Original Article: "Misreading Mill"
Is Secondhand Smoke Bad, or Is It a Public Good? It’s Complicated
Murray Rothbard once proposed: Quick: Which is America’s Most Persecuted Minority? No, you’re wrong. . . . All right, consider this: Which group has been increasingly illegalized, shamed and denigrated first by the Establishment, and then, following its lead, by society at large? Which
Another Athlete Chooses a Low‐Tax State
David Boaz I’ve written before about whether athletes take state taxes into account when they weigh competing offers. Here’s another example: Grant Williams left the Boston Celtics for the Dallas Mavericks, at least partly because of Massachusetts’ Millionaire’s Tax: Testing the market