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As an official Public Policy Hooligan, James Bovard is well-known for some of his zingers. Here are some he wrote in 2025.
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The purpose of medical licensing is not to protect consumers but the financial interests of privileged trade organizations allied with Big Pharma.
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Modern academic historians have been captured by the cultural Marxists, no matter how much they deny the obvious truth.
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The “bottom 99%” aren’t losing to markets: they’re losing to the Cantillon effect.
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The “bottom 99%” aren’t losing to markets: they’re losing to the Cantillon effect.
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Michael F. Cannon Despite the love it gets from Republicans and insurance companies, Medicare Advantage is a lousy program. Multiple news items this week...
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Adam N. Michel Recent Democratic proposals to expand the amount of income exempt from the income tax highlight an existing feature of the US...
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Colleen Hroncich “I got into education sort of by accident,” says Sarah Pevehouse, founder of Apogee Dripping Springs microschool in Texas. After attending an...
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Kevin T. Frazier Minnesota legislators are considering a troubling amendment to their state constitution. In short, the amendment would carve AI out of the...
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Benjamin Giltner and Dominik Lett Reports suggest that the Trump administration is drafting an emergency funding request of up to $50 billion to support...
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Peter Van Doren Economists’ understanding of oil shocks has evolved over time. The original view was that reductions in supply from Middle East wars...
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Contrary to what the Modern Monetary Theory advocates and their Chartalist allies are claiming, the 1690 colonial Massachusetts issuance of fiat money did not...
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David Inserra, Jennifer Huddleston, and Christopher Gardner When it comes to kids online, policymakers often have the best of intentions. Even if they radically...
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The standard explanation for the Constitutional Convention was that the Articles of Confederation were a failure. However, the Articles actually worked the way they...
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Stephen Slivinski President Trump’s recent Truth Social missive about housing fits the mold of many of his others to date: he identifies an issue...
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Colleen Hroncich “I was a teacher who always stretched the limits and broke the rules a little bit,” admits Kristin Fink, founder of Skola...
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Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon Back in December, we showed how measures imposed by the Trump administration in 2025 have made the US tariff system...