Mob Rule Economics
There is nothing democratic about mobs in the streets demanding that employers pay a minimum wage of $15 an hour, or else that the government makes them do so by law....
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Facts vs. Visions
The political left has been campaigning against the use of force since at least the 18th century. So it is not surprising that they are now arguing that heavily armed or...
Ferguson: The Media and the Mob
If we can't be bothered to stop and think, instead of repeating pat phrases, don't expect to live under the rule of law. Do you prefer the rule of the media...
Attacking Achievement
Although there are plenty of genuine educational problems, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is on a crusade to solve an educational problem that doesn't exist — the use of...
Is Thinking Obsolete?
Some have said that we are living in a post-industrial era, while others have said that we are living in a post-racial era. But growing evidence suggests that we are living...
Bordering on Madness
One of the things that make the history of clashes over race or ethnicity such a history of tragedies around the world is that many people see the ultimate stakes as...
Lawsuits and Impeachment
Does President Obama deserve to be sued or impeached? Yes! Is there a snowball's chance in hell that either the lawsuit or an impeachment will succeed? No! ...
“Please Stop Helping Us”: A Primer on Race
Please Stop Helping Us by Jason Riley shows that many policies designed to help blacks are in fact harmful, sometimes devastatingly so. These counterproductive policies range from minimum wage laws to...
A Lame Duck Country?
The Constitution of the United States does not give presidents the power to carry out major policy changes without the cooperation of other branches of government. But President Obama has demonstrated,...
Amnesty Lite Is Still Amnesty
Apparently the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives — which is to say, House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor — thinks that amnesty is not amnesty if...
The Prisoner Swap Deal
People are arguing about what the United States got out of the deal that swapped five top level terrorist leaders for one American soldier who was, at best, absent from his...
The Ambassador and the Post Office
Our post office, like the Hindustan Ambassador, has had a long run as a government protected monopoly. But just a partial erosion of that monopoly, with the appearance of United Parcel...
Poverty and Snow Storms
Many people in poverty wander off in all directions, often not very far from a way out, because they are unable to see the way. ...
The Height of Utopianism
A political battle that is shaping up in San Francisco has implications for other communities across the country. ...
Kangaroo Courts on Campus?
Those who are whipping up the lynch mob mentality have shown far less interest in stopping rape than in politicizing it. ...