“Victim-Centered” Justice Is a Threat to Due Process
A guilty-until-proven-innocent mentality is winning at many colleges where a “believe the women” ideology dominates. Now these trends are making inroads into criminal justice even off-campus.
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The Myths behind the “Capitalism Is Racist” Claim
Both theory and the empirical research shows a competitive marketplace is incongruous with racism, but the Left insists capitalism is "inherently" racist.
Yet Another Study Shows—Yet Again—That Lockdowns Don’t Work
"We find no clear, significant beneficial effect of [lockdowns] on case growth in any country….In none of the 8 countries and in none out of the 16 comparisons [examined] were the effects of [lockdowns] significantly beneficial."
Why Governments Want More Centralization—and Less Federalism
America’s founders did not envision the federal government as the domineering senior partner in almost everything. What was once best described as “sovereign States, united solely for specified joint purposes” has been largely eviscerated.
Time Preference, Interest Rates, and Stagflation
As a result of past reckless fiscal and monetary policies the pool of real wealth could be declining. If so, stagflation will result.
What Biden/Harris Will Do
Will Biden/Harris be a transformative administration?
Halfway to Secession: Unity on Foreign Policy, Disunity on Domestic Policy
Expect opponents of secession and decentralization to start claiming that neither option is acceptable because any big change to the status quo could endanger American "strength" in foreign policy. Don't listen to them.
Unintended Consequences: Some Problems with National Income Accounting
It's not that we need to rid ourselves of the baggage of macrostatistics completely. Rather, we need to 1) critically assess whether they are appropriate, if so, 2) for what role, and finally 3) whether they are consistent as a tool we can use to tell the story we want.
The Unwelcome Return of the Real Purveyors of Violence
It’s hard to be optimistic about a Biden administration with so many hyperinterventionist Obama retreads. Get ready for new wars and "regime change" operations.
Biden Can Now Launch the Nukes and Unleash World War III Whenever He Feels Like It
The power to incinerate a billion or more human beings over morning coffee remains in the power of the president. This morning Biden supporters on Twitter were ecstatic over the video of the nuclear launch equipment being handed over to Biden.
