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  • A Closer Look at the States that Stayed Open

    A Closer Look at the States that Stayed Open0

    I’m sure we all remember that fateful month of March. One after another states began to issue lockdown orders, closing businesses, restricting travel, and ordering people to stay home. That was the month when the United States went from viewing COVID-19 as a minimal threat to issuing some of the most draconian lockdown measures in

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  • Google’s Disruption of Higher Ed Is Just What Students Need

    Google’s Disruption of Higher Ed Is Just What Students Need0

    My wife and I recently hired a financial advisor who is helping us map out our financial future. He seemed stunned that we didn’t want to take advantage of the U.S. tax code’s 529 provision, which helps parents save for their children’s education. “You have three kids,” he said. “Odds are at least one will

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  • When Reparations for Slavery Become Just Another Welfare Program

    When Reparations for Slavery Become Just Another Welfare Program0

    The idea that former slaves and their descendants ought to receive reparations for the wrongs committed against them is not new. Having grasped the fact that slavery is nothing less than kidnapping and theft committed against the enslaved, abolitionists long advocated for some form of redress for freed slaves. The most famous early attempt to

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  • The Most Violent Demonstration Ever to Occur at the White House

    The Most Violent Demonstration Ever to Occur at the White House0

    After months of violent demonstrations – especially in New York, Seattle, Minneapolis, and Portland – many Americans might not want to learn of yet another. This one, however, dates back long before any living person’s memory and ranks as the worst ever on the grounds of the White House in Washington. The issue, believe it or not, was a

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  • Uber and Lyft Are Shutting Down All Operations in California

    Uber and Lyft Are Shutting Down All Operations in California0

    This Friday, Uber and Lyft are set to entirely shut down ride-sharing operations in California. The businesses’ exit from the Golden State will leave hundreds of thousands of drivers unemployed and millions of Californians chasing an expensive cab. Sadly, this was preventable.  Here’s how we got to this point. In September of 2019, the California

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  • Hand-In-Hand: Bad Programs, Wasted Money, and Our Government

    Hand-In-Hand: Bad Programs, Wasted Money, and Our Government0

    Ronald Reagan once famously said, “I think you all know that I’ve always felt the nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” That baseball team of words should continue to terrify us. When we look at government failures in the last 50 years, the list

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