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  • Repealing Occupational-Licensing Laws Will Reduce Crime

    Repealing Occupational-Licensing Laws Will Reduce Crime0

    People are more likely to return to a life of crime if they can’t find a job after being released from prison, according to a study released by the Manhattan Institute. Occupational licensing laws make it harder for them to find a job. Reason magazine notes that a ten-year study released last year by Arizona

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  • Reparations: Truly Helpful or a Quest for Power?

    Reparations: Truly Helpful or a Quest for Power?0

    In 2000, Rolling Stone Magazine called Asheville, North Carolina, “America’s new freak capital.”  Today that reputation remains solidly intact. Asheville is the East Coast version of Portland, Oregon, a solidly Blue City where many of the residents are young, pierced, and tattooed, where tourists snap photos of dancers at the Friday Night Drum Circle like

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  • Reparations on the Horizon in California

    Reparations on the Horizon in California3

    Growing up in the 90s, the prospect of reparations seemed unlikely. I was aware that a subset of the population supported payments to the descendants of slaves, but back then, it seemed as if most people, regardless of how they felt toward such a policy, didn’t believe it would ever actually be implemented. It just

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  • Repairing America’s Three-Legged Stool

    Repairing America’s Three-Legged Stool0

    In the past four months, a friend has occasionally sent me Bible verses via email, words intended to console me when I was feeling down. Inspired by these gifts, I recently decided to begin reading the Bible for a few minutes every day, hoping for uplift and insight in the midst of our current dark

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  • Reopening Schools: What Betsy DeVos Gets Wrong and Homeschoolers Get Right

    Reopening Schools: What Betsy DeVos Gets Wrong and Homeschoolers Get Right0

    While the pandemic itself is generating much uncertainty, the battle over back-to-school is causing downright whiplash.  Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that schools work to reopen for in-person learning this fall. The physician group stated that it “strongly advocates that all policy considerations for the coming school year should start with

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  • Rent Control Advocates Need a Lesson in Economics

    Rent Control Advocates Need a Lesson in Economics0

    Rent control is one of those policies that continues to attract the favor of the public despite the fact it has repeatedly proven to be ineffective when it comes to improving the lives of those it is aimed at. The latest example can be found in Sacramento, California, where a group of people have put

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