Bureaucracy and Regulation

It’s finally clear to everyone that President Biden is not running the federal government. Yet the government is carrying on as it always has. It’s important to understand why.

By separating the producer-consumer relationship that is applied to private goods and services, government regulations and "oversight" has transformed higher education for the worst. It's time to restore that proper relationship.

Both environmental groups and governments are suing energy companies for allegedly causing climate change. One doubts their legal efforts will result in better weather.

Many small colleges are shutting their doors, and it is largely the fault of overexpansion, government protectionism, and bureaucratic infiltration.

For all of the claims that governments “create jobs,” in reality, government jobs come at a greater cost than any value those jobs may create. Government jobs are a burden to the economy.

Last week, Julian Assange was freed and the Chevron doctrine was overturned. These are huge wins for liberty. Not long ago, they felt completely out of reach.

The tainted blood scandal in the UK should be a warning to people about the dangers of the National Health Service. Instead, we hear endless promises of reform that never will happen.

The expansion of "civil rights" places emphasis upon "positive rights" that apply to specific groups with political privilege. This is a far cry from the concept of rights that helped build a free society in the United States.

French credit default swaps have soared to a post-2020 record of 39 points. Many commentators blame the rise of the National Front for market turmoil. However, none of this would have happened if France’s debt was low, finances were strong, and the euro area enjoyed healthy economic growth.

The abolition of chattel slavery was a great advancement for human liberty. But many of those celebrating Juneteenth today still accept the core assumptions that underlie slavery.