Citizen vs. Government
Depressing answers to simple questions.
People sometimes regret actions taken hastily during a crisis but find reversing them diabolically difficult.
Around the world, governments are taking advantage of COVID-19 to tighten the screws on their subjects.
Contact tracing might offer hope for slowing the spread of the pandemic—or fulfill every Big Brother-ish fear privacy advocates have ever raised.
Government agencies and public utilities are the most preposterous examples of stasis. The coronavirus might force them, finally, to innovate and join the modern world.
Americans probably don't want a president who will nationalize the means of production, but we're happy to keep electing ones who grow government spending.
Congress and President Trump should use 2020 to craft more sane policies on trade, immigration, and the budget.
Philanthropy helps others. Government controls them instead.
For all their harrumphing about the evils of corporate influence-peddling, left-wing demagogues are willfully blind to the biggest influence-seekers in state and federal capitols.
"I'm an animal lover, and I feel guilty that they're wandering around out there and they have nothing to eat."
The city’s systems have been down since May 7, with no end in sight.
"We love the city, we hope they fill the potholes faster. And if they’re not going to do it, we’ll do it ourselves.”
Yet another example of private citizens taking it upon themselves to do what the government is incapable of.
Cass Sunstein's latest book puts a lot of faith in the efficacy of government to structure our choices.
David Friedman’s Legal Systems Very Different from Ours explores the costs and benefits of various legal systems across time.
No matter their age or political persuasion, Americans have similar thoughts on this one.
He also offers up concrete proposals not just to reform government but to route around it and get on with our lives already.
The city admitted its mistake after collecting the fines.
Some news outlets have insinuated that the government shutdown is to blame for several tragic deaths. Statistics say otherwise.
Audits dating back to 2003 highlight a culture of mismanagement and misconduct.
Growth alone won't get us out of this mess.
Stanford's Francis Fukuyama on the rise of populism in the West and how identity politics thwarted the end of history.
Does the right to self-defense apply against agents of the state?
First it failed to prepare for a snowstorm. Then it overprepared.
Several states have broken free of the government requirement, with more on the way.
The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an astounding $1.6 billion. You and I probably won't win, but the government definitely will.
It sure beats endless battles over who gets to stuff their preferred governance down the throats of the vanquished.
There are lots of reasons to be concerned about government snooping, but how should we feel when private companies do it?
Understanding the great American tax rip-off.
The foul ups by the Broward County Sheriff's Office don't inspire confidence.
The religion this church administers is Americanism, a species of nationalism.
University of Kansas's Multicultural Student Government "has ultimately turned into a dictatorship model of government."
Smaller government has the possibility to be more honest government.
The government is regularly excluded when we use the word "violence."
Libertarian Republican congressman admits that an already-worrisome debt will increase, and that the Senate may well disregard the House's framework, but "just because my colleagues don't believe that we have to cut spending doesn't mean I can't vote to cut taxes"
Veterans turn to forbidden cures for relief from their nightmares.
Diverse people who dislike one another are perfectly capable of sharing a country-if you don't insist on driving them into mutual conflict.
Strictly speaking, it's not markets that can and should be free-it's people.
From the discussion, you would never know the money in question actually belongs to particular individuals, who obtained it through voluntary exchange or gift.
Government officials have often deployed force on behalf of their business and labor friends. That will change only when the consequences outweigh the gains.