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UPS, Yellow Corporation, and Boeing all gave into union demands. Massive layoffs followed.
The belief that limited government best protects individual rights turned out to be America’s secret sauce.
Twenty years after Susette Kelo lost at the Supreme Court, the land where her house once stood is still an empty lot.
Some conservatives are embracing the very trends they once mocked—including victimhood, cancel culture, and even struggle sessions.
"Just go to North Korea for 10 days and you'll know how bad it is," says Charles Ryu.
Government schools now spend about $20,000 per student.
"If this is the end of my American dream," says one small business owner, "I'm going to go down swinging."
Despite the fearmongering from teachers unions, it's largely useless.
"All these government programs that regulate and control, they institutionalize mediocrity at best," argues Yaron Brook, head of the Ayn Rand Institute.
Climate change is real and may cause real problems. But media outlets keep pushing hysterical myths that don't materialize.
Yes, the climate is warming. But, despite what you may have heard, we can deal with it.
Lottery ticket buyers are disproportionately poor, and the odds are very bad. But governments want the money.
Bureaucrats in Dunedin, Florida, originally hit Jim Ficken with a fine close to $30,000. When he couldn't pay that, things turned dire.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion sound good. But DEI programs divide people more than they empower.
Studies have continuously shown that migrants create more jobs than they destroy.
A New York law demands fossil fuel companies pay $75 billion for carbon emissions dating back to the year 2000. Other Democrat-controlled states plan to follow suit.
A popular narrative says Europeans are better off because of increased regulation. Reality paints a different picture.
Socialism promises many things and claims to prioritize people over profits. But what people actually get is different.
Entrepreneurial greed is why we have iPhones, refrigerators, cars that usually work, supermarkets that stay open all night, and many of the things that make our lives better.
Eliminating the deficit requires cutting the biggest spending—defense, Medicare, Social Security. So far, Trump says he won't touch those.
Inflation and rent prices are down, and the country has a budget surplus.
Many have started to recognize a need to focus on their core business rather than virtue-signaling.
I can't stand big government, but I think we need something. Michael Malice says I'm wrong.
The Coddling of the American Mind, a new documentary based on the book of the same name, makes the case that destructive ideas in higher education are making people anxious.
Measures restricting gun ownership still disproportionately harm black and brown people, says Maj Toure, founder of "Black Guns Matter."
Charities can focus resources on those who genuinely need a hand while saying no to those who just need "a kick in the butt."
Michael Malice's new book The White Pill sees a positive future for the country, in contrast with internet culture.
Union president Harold Daggett says longshoremen will strike again in January if they don't get a ban on automation.
The Pilgrims learned this lesson the hard way. Fast forward 400 years, and many Americans have forgotten.
The U.S. now ranks second to last in the time it takes to develop a new mine—roughly 29 years. Only Zambia is worse.
Giving kids freedom doesn't just help children, says Lenore Skenazy, founder of the nonprofit Let Grow. It helps parents, too.
But if they admitted that, they would be out of a job.
Media hysteria and overzealous governments have led many to believe that childhood independence is a form of abuse.
These policies may sound good on paper—but they would be disastrous in reality.
According to recent data, people work less—and actually end up deeper in debt.
A handful of states use loopholes to get around a Supreme Court ruling that declared the practice unconstitutional.
His ideas would leave us poorer and less free.
"A couple million times a year, people use guns defensively," says economist and author John Lott.
Some politicians and environmentalists want to tear down Snake River dams in Washington state, even though they generate tons of electricity.
Debate is one of the best ways to get closer to the truth. At least Kennedy is willing to do so.
Harris has flip-flopped on many issues, but she's been consistent on her desire to spend more of your money.
It's good to hear a candidate actually talk about our spending problem. But his campaign promises would exacerbate it.
The candidate supports gun rights, wants to privatize government programs, and would radically reduce the number of federal employees.
Growth of regulation slowed under former President Trump, but it still increased.
Yes, cheap imports hurt some American companies. But protectionist trade policy harms many more Americans than it helps.
Those three presidential candidates are making promises that would have bewildered and horrified the Founding Fathers.
The candidate makes the case against the two-party system.
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