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Much of the failure of American schools is due to the adherence to a flawed system of teaching students how to read. Homeschoolers often don‘t seem to have that problem, and there is a good reason why.

Many people were puzzled why so many WNBA players were hostile to the arrival of superstar Caitlin Clark. After all, they reasoned, Clark would make the league more popular, bringing more money and publicity. Austrian economics, however, shows a logical explanation for the hostility to her.

Moscow’s behavior in the international realm is that of a conservative and defensive realist great power, far from being a Hitlerish regime bent on global conquest.

Bitcoin is many things to people and it certainly has developed into a valuable asset. It also has been used as a medium of exchange. But is it money? According to Austrian economics, the answer is “no.” At least not yet.

The Biden administration, and the political establishment more broadly, is scrambling to ram through policies that a majority of voters just voted against. Their actions expose that their supposed commitment to democracy is a lie.

In replying to a previous article by Frank Shostak, Douglas French writes that if an increase in the supply of gold ultimately leads to an expansion of bank credit, that is enough to start the boom-and-bust cycles, even if there is no central bank to accelerate the process.

The US has long supported “moderate” terrorists in Syria in the US‘s efforts to destabilize the country. The damage is already done, and chaos awaits Syria.

"Hurry up and wait" is often the reality of medical care. We shouldn't be surprised to know that long lines and government intervention go together.

There finally is pushback against Critical Race Theory that has infected higher education and most of our other institutions. Unfortunately, CRT concepts are so embedded in our body politic that the only way to combat them is through revisionist history.

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