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As a true market entrepreneur, as opposed to a political entrepreneur, James J. Hill successfully built a transcontinental railroad, outcompeting his government-subsidized competitors.
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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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Hyperinflation isn’t ancient history. It’s a recurring policy failure with war-level damage.
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Dan Greenberg Several of my colleagues have written about today’s controversy: the shooting, at point-blank range, of Renee Good. They are just a few...
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Marcos Falcone Over 26 years, Venezuela’s gradual transition from a democracy into a dictatorship involved increasing authoritarianism on the part of the Chávez-Maduro regime. It...
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Matthew Cavedon A recent conversation between two judges suggests that mercy should have more of a role in the criminal legal system than many...
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Anti-impact environmentalists want you dead; they will settle, in the short term, for you to feel guilty for existing, producing and consuming, and willing...
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The US is not the only country with a broken air traffic control system due to state control. India’s system also is in a...
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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...
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Chris Edwards In the October 23 Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan discusses core features of American government and ponders how President Trump fits in....
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Colleen Hroncich A third-generation teacher, Julie Christensen left the classroom in 2010 when her son, who was neurodivergent, needed more support. She began homeschooling...
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Juan Londoño On September 29, Senators Josh Hawley (R‑MO) and Richard Blumenthal (D‑CT) introduced a bill to create a risk evaluation program within the Department of...
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The central philosophy of progressivism is that we should be governed by so-called experts. What happens, however, when the “experts” are just plain wrong?