As New Jersey ratcheted up its minimum wage on three occasions between 2019 and 2021, fast-food restaurants in the state responded by hiking menu prices to compensate. In neighboring Pennsylvania, where minimum wage hikes weren’t mandated, those price increases did not occur. That’s the notable (if perhaps unsurprising) finding reported in a paper published this week. Kerry […]
My favorite freedom quotation is by Johann Goethe: “None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” That statement perfectly captures the plight of the American people. Owing mostly to the indoctrination they receive in the government schools to which their parents were forced to send them, most Americans honestly believe […]
1/13/2014: NLRB v. Noel Canning argued. The post Today in Supreme Court History: January Read More Article from Reason.com
In the weeks, months, and years to come, there will be plenty of blame to share for the lapses that let the California wildfires of 2025 get so out of hand, costing lives and tens of billions of dollars. The fact that I wrote “of 2025” to distinguish these fires from other outbreaks should make […]
The Federal Reserve has welcomed the New Read More Article from Mises Institute
In 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022, voters approved a raft of drug policy reforms. They included legalization of recreational marijuana in 11 states, authorization of medical use in eight, decriminalization of low-level drug possession in Oregon, approval of “psilocybin service centers” in the same state, and decriminalization of five naturally occurring psychedelics in Colorado. The 2024 election results were a different […]
Kayla Pier, a former school bus driver in Indiana’s La Porte County, has been charged with operating while intoxicated and neglect of a dependent. Students called to report Pier for apparently driving her bus under the influence. The school transportation director caught up to the bus and removed her from driving, and she resigned the […]
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Netizens argue as Joe Rogan credits jiu-jitsu for Mark Zuckerberg’s “libertarian” turn: “He didn’t take any of those stances until Kamala Harris lost” Sportskeeda Read More Article from “libertarian” – Google News
Homes burning in Pacific Palisades, CA. (Atlas Photo Archive/Cal Fire / Avalon/Newscom) Much of the debate over the horrible wildfires afflicting the Los Angeles areas focuses on issues outside my expertise. Thus, I’m not going to opine on such questions as the role of climate change in causing the fires, and whether federal, state, and […]
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