The Committee to Protect Journalists recently voted not to exclude from its list of journalists those who are either in militant groups or backed by state-sponsored media. The question of trust and reliability when it comes to news and information from conflicts involving terrorists continues. Just a few weeks back, Nicholas Kristof wrote a dubiously […]
In 1954, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev transferred Crimea from Russia to Ukraine to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Pereyaslav, in which Cossacks from eastern Ukraine pledged allegiance to the tsar. During the ensuing decades of Soviet rule, such gerrymandering did not mean much — the Kremlin ruled all republics with an iron […]
For decades, conservatives have relied on the same arguments when confronting socialism. Those of us who believe in free markets and individual liberty have leaned heavily on history and economics to make our case. We point to the Soviet Union, Communist China, Cuba, Venezuela, and other failed experiments, and we explain how socialism destroys prosperity, […]
Oklahoma voters recently voted 55%-45% against a three-year doubling of the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15. They were partly motivated by the truth contained in economist Thomas Sowell’s pithy remark that the real minimum wage is zero; employers can fire staff instead of paying them more. Workers who keep their jobs enjoy […]
Owing largely to heavy-handed federal rules, identity thieves have had a field day targeting banking consumers. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s very-much-in-flux Section 1033 “open banking” rule was promoted by the Biden administration as a modernization of the financial system, but in reality, made everyone’s data less secure. The rule compelled banks to give third-party […]
One morning last month, an 11-year-old boy who lives in our small town in Southern Italy asked me a question I never expected to hear from an 11-year-old boy who lives in a small town in Southern Italy. He asked me, “Have you read the Epstein files?” We were in a classroom at the local […]
As a lifelong fan of women’s sports, thinking about things like media rights or federal sports policy never really crossed my mind while watching Caitlin Clark drain threes from half court or Dawn Staley make history year after year. But looking back now, I better understand that none of those moments happen without the system […]
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets for former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s funeral procession in Tehran. They chanted against the United States and Israel, carrying portraits of the killed supreme leader, and calling for vengeance against President Donald Trump. Still, big crowds under authoritarian regimes should never be confused with popular […]
Think welfare programs are overly tolerant of fraudsters? Wait until you see how kind they are to low-quality providers. Consider the Ensign Group. As the largest owner of federally certified nursing home facilities, it gets most of its revenue from the government. Taxpayers aren’t getting much from that arrangement. A recent investigation by the investment […]