A Birthday Appreciation for Trade Economist Henry George — He Wrote Milton Friedman’s Favorite Book on International Trade

Happy Birthday to Henry George — his brilliant and timeless insights about international trade, protectionism, and trade retaliation are just as fresh and relevant today as in the late 1800s, maybe even more so today than ever before given the resurgence during Trump’s presidency of the popularity of the discredited trade “theories” of protectionism, mercantilism, and scarcityism.

Required Diversity Statements on Campus: Are They Constitutional?

“Academics seeking employment or promotion will almost inescapably feel pressured to say things that accommodate the perceived ideological preferences of an institution demanding a diversity statement, notwithstanding the actual beliefs or commitments of those forced to speak.”

https://www.cato.org/blog/required-dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-statements-campus-analogyhttps://www.cato.org/blog/required-dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-statements-campus-analogy

Biden Administration Guts Due Process Protections for Students Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Under the new regulations, Title IX investigators can deny students access to the evidence against them. …The new rules also allow schools to deny accused students a live hearing and the opportunity to question their accusers.

https://reason.com/2022/09/15/biden-guts-title-ix-due-process/

21 Years After 9/11, TSA Still Insists on Grabbing Your Dick When You Fly

The agency misses as much as 70 percent of the fake bombs, guns, and explosives that undercover government auditors try to sneak through their security checkpoints. Surveyed passengers report a near-90 percent success rate at getting illicit substances and items through security.

https://reason.com/2022/09/11/21-years-after-9-11-tsa-still-insists-on-grabbing-your-dick-when-you-fly/

Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Needs to Go Further

Prohibition encourages violence because illicit suppliers cannot use the legal and judicial systems to resolve disputes. Prohibition also incentivizes high potency products because traffickers can more easily conceal these from law enforcement.

https://www.cato.org/blog/oregons-drug-decriminalization-needs-go-further

It’s (Almost) Always the Feds: How the FBI Fabricates Schemes To Entrap Would-Be Radicals

The war on terror allowed the FBI to build a massive spy network and shrug off post-Watergate restrictions limiting its ability to snoop on Americans. The fear of another 9/11 overcame our memories of Hoover’s FBI wiretapping, burgling, and blackmailing of the government’s political enemies, and so the bureau could once again investigate people for who they knew and what they said.

https://reason.com/2022/09/04/its-almost-always-the-feds/

Academic Freedom Alliance on Diversity Statements

“Academics seeking employment or promotion will almost inescapably feel pressured to say things that accommodate the perceived ideological preferences of an institution demanding a diversity statement, notwithstanding the actual beliefs or commitments of those forced to speak.”