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A Call for Dictatorship
In late July, two professors issued a call for dictatorship. In an open letter to President Biden, Harvard law professor Mark Tushnet and San Francisco State University political scientist Aaron Belkin urged the President to restrain MAGA [Supreme Court] justices immediately by announcing that if and when they issue rulings that are based on gravely…
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The Responsible Will be Punished
One’s credit score determines one’s ability to obtain loans at favorable rates. Those with a higher credit score are deemed to pose fewer risks. Over time, they have demonstrated the ability to borrow judiciously and pay back their loans. Those with less stellar credit scores haven’t. But now, the Biden administration wants to punish those…
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Coming to Your City: National Rent Control
In early January, fifty Democrat members of Congress sent a letter to President Biden. The letter urged him to “to pursue all possible strategies to end corporate price gouging in the real estate Sector….” The letter recommends seven actions Biden can take. Among the most significant is directing the Federal Housing Finance Agency to establish…
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The Political Actors Change…
The political actors change, but the script remains essentially the same. Over time, different individuals occupy the stage, but the principles upon which they act remain consistent. Consider the policies supported by Obama, Trump, and Biden. Obama imposed controls and restrictions on energy producers in an attempt to foster “renewable” energy. He did not hesitate…
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PLF Suing Biden over Student Loans
On September 27, 2022, the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) announced that it is suing the Biden administration in an effort to halt the President’s cancellation of student loan debt. The plaintiff in the lawsuit is Frank Garrison, a public interest lawyer in Indiana. He has been making payments on his student loans for six years….
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Blaming Putin and the Pandemic
From March 2021 to March 2022, prices for meat, poultry, fish, and eggs rose 13.7 percent. Energy prices were 32 percent higher. Overall, the annual inflation rate of 8.7 percent in March is the highest in forty years. Joe Biden has blamed surging inflation on Putin and the pandemic. Citing a .2 percent reduction in…
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An Exception that Isn’t
If you examine nearly any debate regarding government policy, almost all of the discussion revolves around government imposing more restrictions and controls on businesses and individuals. It might seem that proposals to eliminate single-family zoning (SFZ) are an exception and a move towards greater respect for individual rights. But that appearance is a mirage. Most…
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Both Abbott and Biden are Wrong about Vaccine Mandates
In an executive order last year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott prohibited private businesses from requiring a “vaccine passport” for employees and customers. President Joe Biden wants to force businesses with more than 100 employees to require vaccines. Despite these different approaches to vaccine mandates, Abbott and Biden are in agreement on the fundamental issue. When…
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Where Biden and Abbott Agree about Vaccine Mandates
While President Biden and Texas Gov. Abbott are taking very different approaches to vaccine mandates, they are in agreement on the fundamental issue. When it comes to vaccines, both believe that individuals should not be free to choose. Biden wants to require anyone working at a company with more than 100 employees to be vaccinated….
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Why Biden is Wrong about Vaccine Mandates
Biden wants to force businesses with more than 100 employees to require vaccines. Biden is wrong to issue such and order. When government—at any level—issues a vaccine mandate, it is requiring individuals to get vaccinated or else. In this context, or else means being prohibited from working for any business with 100 or more employees….
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Inflating the Truth
As inflation continues to push prices higher and higher, conservatives are stumbling over themselves to blame Biden and Congressional Democrats. While the current regime certainly deserves criticism, placing all of the blame for inflation on Democrats is intellectually dishonest and an attempt to inflate the truth. Conservatives conveniently ignore the fact that Trump signed the…
