Matthew Cavedon World-famous activist Greta Thunberg was arrested by British police right before Christmas. Her alleged offense: holding a sign praising hunger strikers belonging to Palestine Action, a protest group…
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Florida Banned Noncitizens from Handling Voter Registration Forms—That’s Unconstitutional
Thomas A. Berry, Dan Greenberg, and Kimberly Coleman Veronica Herrera-Lucha supported four family members by working for Mi Vecino, Inc., a Florida voter registration organization. But in 2023, Florida made…
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Patrick G. Eddington The homicide last week of Minneapolis resident and US citizen Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in her own neighborhood has justifiably received…
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How a Manhattan Institute Comparison of Immigrant Incarceration Rates Is Rhetorically Misleading
Alex Nowrasteh Two scholars at the Manhattan Institute (MI) objected to my tweet, noting that Somalis aged 18–54 have an incarceration rate above that of other immigrant groups but below…
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The current Washington tiff between Donald Trump and Jerome Powell is being reframed as Powell heroically defending the Fed’s “independence.” In truth, the Fed has always done the administration’s dirty…
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“America, above all countries, was born in an explicitly libertarian revolution, a revolution against empire; against taxation, trade monopoly, and regulation; and against militarism and executive power.”
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“America, above all countries, was born in an explicitly libertarian revolution, a revolution against empire; against taxation, trade monopoly, and regulation; and against militarism and executive power.”
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The Central Banking Establishment Is Genuinely Worried About Trump, but Not for the Reasons They Say
Central bankers are not afraid Trump will “politicize” the Fed and turn it into a crony arm of the government that warps the economy to benefit those close to power.…
David J. Bier Welfare fraud cases in Minnesota involving some Somali immigrants have led to demands for broad immigration restrictions. Former Trump official Gene Hamilton, for instance, claims, “It’s not…
Conservatives may protest at first, but ultimately, they bring up the progressive rear to defend, and indeed celebrate, the new status quo.