Liberty
The threat of the administrative state
David French of National Review Online warns readers about the threat posed by the administrative state. You’ll be relieved to learn that we no longer need to listen to the…
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Energy
Who would pay the cost for anti-fossil-fuel fervor?
Brent Scher of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a new report that offers answers. A move away from fossil fuel investments by 11 of the nation’s major public pension funds…
Law & Public Safety
Stossel and Supreme Court appointments
John Stossel‘s latest column at Human Events explores the links between presidential power grabs and Supreme Court appointments. Because presidents think Congress is failing when it doesn’t pass legislation they…
Liberty
Real harm associated with the Black Lives Matter campaign
Heather MacDonald of the Manhattan Institute documents for readers of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis the negative unintended consequences stemming from the misguided Black Lives Matter movement’s actions. Unfortunately, when officers back…
Elections & Public Integrity
Voters don’t want Obama named to U.S. Supreme Court
Amid all the petty squabbles and tempests in a teapot as a crowded field jockeyed for position in the Republican race for president, not to mention the media’s nonstop focus…
Law & Public Safety
A reminder that elections matter
If the federal judiciary continues to spew incomprehensible decisions based on political correctness and emotion — rather than the Constitution — for decades into the future, we’ll know why. The…
Liberty
Our “constitutional law professor” president versus the First Amendment
In this piece, George Neumayr shows how Obama has violated each of the three parts of the First Amendment. Obama was never really a Con Law prof at Chicago, but…
Liberty
Fund muses on the ‘imperial’ presidency
John Fund‘s latest column at National Review Online focuses on President Obama’s approach to his elected office. British prime minister David Cameron has recalled Parliament from summer vacation for a…
Liberty
Richard Epstein on the “Obamacare Election”
Barack Obama’s one-time faculty colleague at the University of Chicago Law School, Richard Epstein, writes here about the importance of health care policy in the election. He isn’t terribly impressed…
Liberty
Richard Epstein on the bullying of Obamacare (and more)
Professor Richard Epstein, one of the nation’s great thinkers, has an essay on the bullying that is integral to the federalization of health care called the Patient Protection and Affordable…
Liberty
Excellent Reason TV interview with Prof. Richard Epstein
Reason’s Nick Gillespie interviews University of Chicago Law School professor Richard Epstein here. Near the beginning of the interview, Epstein explains why he didn’t think much of Barack Obama when…
Liberty
Don’t blame tax cuts for rising inequality
At the Truth on the Market blog, Todd Henderson of the University of Chicago Law School (no relation) looks at data published recently on Slate.com showing rising income inequality. While…