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  • The Green New Deal is Actually a Brown New Deal

    The Green New Deal is Actually a Brown New Deal0

    • February 11, 2019

    The so-called “Green New Deal” supported by the Democrats’ leading candidates in 2020 would cost trillions of dollars, and harm the economy and the environment while causing widespread unemployment. It would be better described as a Brown New Deal, because it would shut down many carbon-free power plants that don’t pollute our atmosphere. It would

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  • How San Fransisco’s Housing Policy Makes it Harder for the Homeless

    How San Fransisco’s Housing Policy Makes it Harder for the Homeless0

    I recently highlighted California’s counterproductive restrictions on private efforts to feed the homeless. But the state’s policies aren’t just inhibiting the bottom-up activities of non-profits and charities. They’re also restricting potential solutions via entrepreneurial investment. Alas, many municipalities have severely restricted new residential development, causing the housing supply to diminish and the cost of living to soar. In a

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  • A Simple Solution for Loneliness

    A Simple Solution for Loneliness0

    “Are you lonesome tonight?” Elvis Presley asked that question in 1960 in one his most famous songs. Today, unfortunately, the answer for many Americans is “yes.” Modern loneliness is often described as an “epidemic.” That specific term may be a bit over the top. But it’s undeniable that loneliness is a big problem in our

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  • Is the Media the Enemy of the People?

    Is the Media the Enemy of the People?0

    Americans are growing more distrustful of the media and college universities. And they’re perfectly right to be. It is not that everyone in the media is a liar or propagandist. Nor is it the case that all universities and college curricula are harmful propaganda either. There is much value to the media and great value

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  • Do We Need More Screen-Free Zones?

    Do We Need More Screen-Free Zones?0

    It’s Friday afternoon, and I’m standing near the polar bear enclosure at the local zoo. A few feet away from me, a thousand-pound animal is playing with an exercise ball. It’s amusing. He looks like a massively oversized toddler trying to palm a basketball. The zoo is quiet today, so I’ve got the observation window

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  • The End of ‘Believe All Women’

    The End of ‘Believe All Women’0

    Feminists haven’t been this silent since the Bill Clinton years. Vanessa Tyson came forward Wednesday to accuse Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexually assaulting her during the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004, saying in a statement that “What began as consensual kissing quickly turned into a sexual assault.” Tyson, now a politics

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