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August 9, 2017
Townhall

Looking for Bigotry? Try Public Schooling History
The most glaring omission in these choice-smearing histories is that Jim Crow laws segregated African Americans in public schools for decades
By Neal McCluskey
August 9, 2017
Cayman Compass

The Real Victims of Class-Warfare Taxation
Over-taxing saving and investment can permanently lower a nation’s prosperity by reducing capital formation.
By Daniel J. Mitchell
August 8, 2017
The Hill (Online)

Occupational Licensing Should Not Be Used to Keep Honest Americans out of Work
By Clark Neily
August 8, 2017
Government Executive

OPM Just Made It Harder to Drain the Swamp
No administration can drain the swamp if it doesn’t know where to look.
By Alex Nowrasteh
August 8, 2017
Politico

The Government’s Hidden Housing Subsidy for the Rich
It’s time to implement real reforms that put the program on sound fiscal footing—and reduce this regressive housing subsidy.
By Ike Brannon and Ari Blask
August 8, 2017
Forbes

The North Korea Washington Doesn’t Want Americans to See: Photo Essay
Perhaps someday American airports will display Pyongyang as a destination.
By Doug Bandow
August 8, 2017
The Hill (Online)

The 5 Types of Trump Voter: How a Fractured Coalition Can Lead to Broken Promises
These voters disagree on nearly every major policy issue surveyed — including on health care, taxes, immigration, race, and matters of American identity.
By Emily Ekins
August 8, 2017
The Diplomat

Meet the DF-31AG and the DF-26: The Big Ballistic Missiles at China’s Military Anniversary Parade
Rather than building up a large number of nuclear weapons that could absorb losses from a first strike and still overwhelm missile defenses, China hopes to keep its deterrent viable through ambiguity and survivability.
By Eric Gomez
August 8, 2017
New Geography

A Reporter Rode Denver’s Airport Light Rail—and You Won’t Believe What Happened Next
The writer is guilty of survivorship bias, which is an assumption that because something worked for him, it will work for everyone else.
By Randal O’Toole
August 8, 2017
City A.M.

Planned National Living Wage Surges Defy Economic Reality
For the first time the government would be willing to impose a minimum wage rate it suspected would actually cause unemployment.
By Ryan Bourne
August 8, 2017
Forbes.com

When Protectionism Is Not Protectionism
There are a couple of important points Secretary Ross should bear in mind about protectionism.
By Daniel J. Ikenson
August 7, 2017
UK Telegraph

There Is No Justification for Regulating Online Giants as If They Were Public Utilities
Unlike with real utilities such as energy, Google access is not completely essential to a firm’s existence or success, and Google itself is not a monopoly.
By Ryan Bourne
August 7, 2017
China US Focus

Can U.S.-China Relations Survive President Donald Trump?
The president must realize that even America is not all-powerful, able to simply instruct lesser nations to fulfill his latest schemes.
By Doug Bandow
August 6, 2017
Times of India

Time to End the Worst Subsidy of All: Kerosene
By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar
August 6, 2017
National Interest (Online)

America’s Ukraine Hypocrisy
The extent of the Obama administration’s meddling in Ukraine’s politics was breathtaking.
By Ted Galen Carpenter

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Looking for Bigotry? Try Public Schooling History

The Real Victims of Class-Warfare Taxation

Occupational Licensing Should Not Be Used to Keep Honest Americans out of Work

OPM Just Made It Harder to Drain the Swamp

The Government’s Hidden Housing Subsidy for the Rich

The North Korea Washington Doesn’t Want Americans to See: Photo Essay

The 5 Types of Trump Voter: How a Fractured Coalition Can Lead to Broken Promises

Meet the DF-31AG and the DF-26: The Big Ballistic Missiles at China’s Military Anniversary Parade

A Reporter Rode Denver’s Airport Light Rail—and You Won’t Believe What Happened Next

Planned National Living Wage Surges Defy Economic Reality

When Protectionism Is Not Protectionism

There Is No Justification for Regulating Online Giants as If They Were Public Utilities

Can U.S.-China Relations Survive President Donald Trump?

Time to End the Worst Subsidy of All: Kerosene

America’s Ukraine Hypocrisy