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Can We Shut Up About the Weather? And Start Talking About Super-Bowl-Sized Corporate Handouts?
It's snowing, but it's winter. For the NFL and other sports leagues, it's raining taxpayer dollars every single day.
The Employment Benefits of Cutting Unemployment Benefits
Does a new NBER study prove that cutting unemployment benefits increases employment?
School Choice Battle Is 'About Power,' Says Ex-Black Power Leader
Civil rights leader Howard Fuller marches for education reform in Montgomery, Alabama.
If Ross Ulbricht Admits to Starting Silk Road, Why Isn't That Essentially a Guilty Plea?
The letter of Ulbricht's indictment indicates little wiggle room
Just Say No to Big Government
It's OK to oppose government policies without offering an alternative.
How Obama's 529 College Tax Plan Debacle Proves the Welfare State is Doomed
Someone has to pay for it-but no one wants to foot the bill.
How "Backpack Funding" is Revolutionizing K-12 Education and School Choice
Good things happen when tax dollars follow K-12 students to whatever school they enroll in.
How Obama Could Champion a Real Middle-Class Agenda
Soaking the rich is not a good way to help the middle class
Jails Introduce Glitchy, Pricey Video Visitation Systems—and Get Families to Use Them By Banning In-Person Visits
A different sort of telecom monopoly
How Bureaucracy and Big Government Ruined American Health Care
The price system works. Our health care system does not.
The Coming House Vote on Building a Berlin Wall on the Rio Grande
This week will test if Rep. McCaul's strategy of restrictionist appeasement and border security first is politically viable
Uber Drivers: Collectively Making Well More Than Half-a-Billion
But the trend of techno-modernity is all about what's good for consumers, not drivers or big tech companies.
Red Army Film Explores Hockey, The Cold War, and Sports as Propaganda
Filmmaker Gabe Polsky and Russian hockey star Slava Fetisov discuss the new documentary about the Soviet national hockey team.
Heathen Arizona Mayor Dares Besmirch All-Powerful NFL
Most politicians play along with the Super Bowl's crony economic propaganda-not the mayor of Glendale.
Misleading Inequality Report Is Nothing to Fear
No, the richest 1 percent will not soon have as much wealth as the rest of us.
Income Inequality Is a Problem—When Caused by Government Meddling
Political-economic systems throughout the world are built on deeply rooted and long-established systems of privilege for the well-connected.
Silk Road Trial Roundup: Damning Alleged Ulbricht Journals, One Alternate Dread Pirate Roberts Theory Inadmissible
Things are Getting Tougher and Tougher for the Ulbricht Defense
How the ADA and a Lawsuit Mill Could Turn Out the Lights on One of New York's Last Punk Rock Bars
Manitoba's, one of the last punk rock dive bars in New York's East Village, fights for its life.
Obama's Plan to Help the Poor is to Make Government Bigger. Paul Ryan's Plan is to Make It Better.
Both want to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). But Ryan's plan would reform the system rather than grow it.
Obama SOTU: We've "Turned the Page"; But What We Need is a Whole New Book
The president's tired rhetoric and policy proposals show that we've not yet entered the 21st century in politics.
How Government-Funded Stadiums and Museums Harm Taxpayers
A few lessons in crony capitalism from the state of Virginia.
Obama's 2015 SOTU: Magical Pain-Free Prosperity For Everyone!
The good news is that everyone will have forgotten this turd sandwich by the end of the week.
Who Needs Speechwriters When You Have Control-C?
President's fair shot/fair share message tonight lifts from his 2012 State of the Union address
Pew: Americans Say Obama is a "Good Man" Who is "Incompetent"
While most of us will be tuning out tonight's SOTU, here's a reason to watch: It frames the president's thinking about the next year.
Obama's Sinking SOTU Ratings: Tune In, Turn Off, Watch Netflix Instead
Barack Obama's ratings for his annual State of the Union Addresses have gone down like the Titanic. What's behind the slide? Anger and disappointment mostly.
