On April 21, the Department of Education announced that it would resume collections on defaulted federal student loans, making a clear break from student loan policy under President Joe Biden, who consistently worked to forgive or pause federal student loan payments even as he faced legal defeat. “American taxpayers will no longer be forced to […]
In an ideal world, teenagers would not be engaging in risky sexual activity and would not be catching sexually transmitted infections (STIs). But we do not live in an ideal world. And young people are often dumb. The best we can hope for is that when some young people make bad decisions, these will not […]
Despite its many logical flaws, Marxism remains popular i Read More Article from Mises Institute
Americans watch more television than anyone else in the world, and as we watch television we are constantly being bombarded by commercials from pharmaceutical companies. As I discussed in a previous article, pharmaceutical companies spend more than 15 billion dollars on television advertising each year. The reason they do this is because it works. We are […]
At this point it’s clear that any hope Read More Article from Mises Institute
Now that the entire economy depends on these hyper-normalized speculative bubbles for its “growth” and “wealth,” there is a profound fear of a future based not on artifice but on the real world. Humans are quick to habituate to current conditions, i.e. consider them normal. This rapid normalization has advantages and disadvantages. Normalization is an adaptive […]
Jeffrey Singer, a Cato Institute fellow and longtime surgeon, argues that government overreach in health care undermines patient autonomy, which should be the guiding principle in medical decision making. Drawing from historical examples and personal experience, he critiques licensing laws, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) drug approval monopoly, and Certificate of Need (CON) regulations […]
It appears that President Trump may have developed a case of the blinkies. After indicating a desire to terminate Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Trump announced yesterday that he has no intent of doing so after all. Moreover, in the vicious trade war that Trump launched against China several weeks ago, it seems that he […]
Here’s to hoping Trump delivers on some of his Libertarian promises Orange County Register Read More Article from “libertarian” – Google News
I promised, after having nearly died in a hospital the summer before last, to write the things I wanted never to write. I’ve almost kept my promise. But there are a few stories left unspoken; that catch in my throat. This is one of them. You, dear reader, remember our beloved little dog, the late […]