Colleen Hroncich Tonya Kipe saw the flaws of the public school system both as a mom and a teacher. She loved her elementary teaching position at first but grew frustrated…
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Jack Solowey This blog is part of a series on technology innovation and free expression. On December 5, President-Elect Trump announced that entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and ALL-IN Podcast co-host (i.e., “bestie”)…
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Taiwan Arms Backlog, November 2024 Update: HIMARS Delivery and a Second Trump Administration
Eric Gomez The US arms sale backlog to Taiwan was reduced by $436 million in November 2024 as the first tranche of 11 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) arrived.…
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Jeffrey Miron The United States currently recognizes eleven federal holidays: Independence Day (1870), Washington’s Birthday (aka Presidents’ Day) (1879), Christmas (1885), New Year’s (1885), Labor Day (1894), Veterans Day (1926),…
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Jeffrey A. Singer A December 12 report in the UK Independent implies Elon Musk thinks most homeless people are “violent drug zombies with dead eyes, and needles and human feces…
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Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Safeguard Americans from the Injustices of Civil Forfeiture
Mike Fox Carrying large amounts of cash is not a crime in the United States. But tell that to Stephen Lara, a Marine Corps combat veteran who was stopped by the…
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TANSTAAFSBR, or, There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
George Selgin Having questioned, in a previous post, some proclaimed benefits of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and specifically the claim that building such a reserve would strengthen the US dollar,…
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David J. Bier This is the five-minute spoken summary of my written testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee’s December 10, 2024, hearing, titled “Given the Green Light: Open Border…
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Eradicating Consideration of Race in Technology, AI Innovation, and Beyond: An Agenda for Policymakers
Erec Smith This blog is part of a series on technology innovation and free expression. In all likelihood, President-elect Trump will repeal Biden’s Executive Orders (EOs) on racial justice (EOs…
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Norbert Michel and Jerome Famularo In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States experienced a much higher rate of inflation than at any time during the prior few…