Gabriela Calderon de Burgos Today in the Wall Street Journal, economist Judy Shelton suggests that Latin American countries adopt the US dollar. She weighs in on the pros and cons of…
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Manufacturing Employment Data Confirm the Concentrated Benefits—and Dispersed Costs—of Trump’s Tariffs
Clark Packard and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report offers a stark reminder that US manufacturing continues to struggle. Manufacturing employment fell again in December…
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Brief Filed in Mohamud v. Weyker: State Officers on Federal Task Forces Should Not Be Immune from Accountability
Matthew Cavedon A local St. Paul, Minnesota, police officer, Heather Weyker, claimed to have uncovered a vast interstate sex trafficking conspiracy, which led to the indictment of thirty individuals. But…
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Benjamin Giltner Many people remain stumped over President Trump’s continual insistence on acquiring Greenland. He most recently justified a takeover of the island with the claim that Greenland is needed to…
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Dominik Lett The interest on a typical 30-year mortgage costs $500 more per month than it did in 2019. Credit card rates have climbed to record highs. From auto loans…
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Grizzly bears are no where near being truly “endangered” yet they continue to receive federal protection.
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Every lover of liberty should have a good reading list that promotes freedom. At the same time, one should develop the discerning eye to recognize statist language and to reject…
Tad DeHaven The federal government is to become the customer, regulator, and partial owner of a defense contractor under a deal announced by the Pentagon this week. When the Trump…
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The Inverted Pyramid of Authority—Why Government Nutrition Advice Deserves Less, Not More, Trust
Jeffrey A. Singer, Terence Kealey, and Bautista Vivanco Since the publication of three books — Gary Taubes’s Good Calories, Bad Calories (2007), Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food (2008), and Nina Teicholz’s Big…
The original 13 British colonies that made up the early United States had very different populations with decidedly different political and social outlooks.