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Mexico’s Disastrous Drug War 11/01/2017 Brian Saady Even if the drug war were to end today, there would still be street crime in Mexico. However, these issues would be on a dramatically smaller scale. Mexico’s street gangs could never ascend to the level of an organized crime outfit without the massive …
Chelsea Follett Friday, April 28, 2017 A bizarre column in Australia’s Daily Telegraph last month argued that it should be illegal to be a stay-at-home mom. The piece was met with ridicule, and rightly so. Women should be free to make their own choices about family and career. Fortunately, no country actually bans a woman’s …
This State Wants Protesters Prosecuted as Organized Criminals Brittany Hunter Monday, February 27, 2017 Thanks to Republican state legislators, organizing protests in Arizona might soon be enough to land residents in jail. Under the recently proposed SB 1142, any protest or rally found to be disruptive in the eyes of local law …
Welcome Aboard, But First US Marshals Will Scan Your Retina Jeffrey Tucker Saturday, February 25, 2017 Originally published on FEE.org. For some 15 years, airport security has become steadily more invasive. There are ever more checkpoints, ever more requests for documents as you make your way from the airport entrance to the airplane. Passengers adapt …
Why the Feds Should Legalize Interstate Commerce in Healthcare TAGS HealthU.S. HistoryPrivate Property 02/24/2017Richard Kocur In a recent television interview, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini, head of one of America’s largest health insurers, commented that selling insurance across state lines is “an outdated concept” in these days of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Bertolini went on …
Trade Surplus or a Trade Deficit — Which is Worse? Originally posted on 02/22/2017 by Antony P. Mueller Germany is currently the country with the largest trade surplus, and many Germans think that this is a good thing. In the United States, the situation is the reverse. The US has the world’s largest trade …
Alan Greenspan Admits Ron Paul Was Right About Gold Ryan McMaken In the next issue of The Austrian, David Gordon reviews Sebatian Mallaby’s new book, The Man Who Knew, about the career of Alan Greenspan. Mallaby points out that prior to his career at the Fed, Greenspan exhibited a keen understanding of the gold standard …