Through the most bloody war in American history to date, Lincoln unleashed an inchoate “secret constitution” that began to bring the US into closer alignment with equality and democracy, which…
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Federal workers are a powerful lobby in Washington, and taxpayers pay for federal bureaucrats’ wages inflated through federal laws favoring federal unions.
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Christopher Chantrill: Most every corrupt government program begins as a moral crusade and ends up as a spoils system: Social Security, Medicare, Obamacare, etc.
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President Trump is planning to appoint a two-star US general to lead the international force that may be deployed to Gaza under the US ceasefire deal.
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Data shows that the marriage rate and the homeownership rate have been closely connected for decades. Historically, more marriage means more home buying, but government intervention has made buying a…
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DHS Classifies Just 4% of ICE Arrests as “the Worst”—Most for Nonviolent Offenses
David J. Bier This week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published data intended to prove that DHS immigration arrests are “starting with the worst of the worst.” DHS incoherently…
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David Beito’s new biography on Franklin D. Roosevelt is not the hagiographic nonsense that has dominated the US history profession. That is a good thing. Americans should know how FDR’s…
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Hunter v. United States Brief: Unconstitutional Sentences Should Not Be Shielded from Appellate Review
Matthew Cavedon In February 2024, petitioner Munson Hunter entered a guilty plea to one federal count of aiding and abetting wire fraud. He did so pursuant to a written plea…
Inflation does more than just force up prices. It destroys the wealth-producing process, especially with young people who are prevented from acquiring the same kinds of assets earlier generations procured.…