Ending inequality
Halbrook: Gun Control Under Tyrants Offers Lessons
Measures used to limit firearms ownership in Weimar Germany and under the Third Reich proved ineffective in quelling violence while giving individuals little recourse against growing tyranny.
Abramsky: ‘War on Poverty’ Failed, So Let’s Do It All Over Again
A British author says the War on Poverty in the United States has not succeeded because the warriors didn't try hard enough.
Pajama boy 2013
Time to Employ Common Sense
Critics predicted economic disaster from ending extended UI benefits in North Carolina. Some claim to see it now. But that’s not what the preliminary evidence shows.
Flashback: Getting Christmas Politics Wrong
“Two thousand years ago,” said then-Vice President Al Gore in 1997, “a homeless woman gave birth to a homeless child.”
Moving the goalposts — again
Liberal Lawsuit Challenges Life-Enhancing Scholarship
A legal challenge from left-of-center activists would help ensure that most special-needs students fail to make the grade.
Merry Christmas
All The President’s Amnesia
Flashback: Cheeky Defense of Christmas
During the early decades of the New England colonies, Puritan authorities forbade the celebration of Christmas – and discouraged even mentioning the holiday in print.
