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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
 
 
Hurricanes Are Not Going Away; We Must Double Down on What’s Making Them More Survivable
Connor O’Keeffe
Storms like Helene and Milton ought to drive us to recommit to and expand the very institutions that have made natural disasters more survivable for so many, not to abandon them out of some false hope that bad weather can be eliminated.
 
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Mute Buttons: Two Ways the School Complex Muzzles Parents and Students
Karl Streitel
Government education is a self-perpetuating monster and has been for a long time. While parents and organizations seek accountability, the dynamics driving government education point to a powerful and unaccountable bureaucracy that serves its own interests.
 
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What the New Jobs Report Really Says
 
Ryan McMaken: September’s job numbers were driven by big increases in government jobs and part-time work.
 
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Tariffs, Protectionism, and Why Borders Matter
 
People and societies are complex entities. What may work for trade does not work for open immigration.
 
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The “Fascist” Ad Hominem As an Act of Projection
Mussolini: “The fascist conception of life stresses the importance of the State and accepts the individual only in so far as his interests coincide with the State."
 
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The Christian Faith in the Thought and Life of Frédéric Bastiat
Frédéric Bastiat was a well-known and eloquent defender of liberty and free-market economics. He also was a devout Catholic who looked to tie his faith to his economic and political beliefs.
 
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The Many Roads to Liberty
What are the philosophical foundations of a libertarian society? There are many possible answers. Lew Rockwell discusses three of the most important.
 
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What Is Capitalism?
 
Critics of capitalism accuse it of simply being “greed.”
 
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Why American History Is Not What They Say
 

The state and its creations are not the heroes. The producers of capital, the average people, the voluntary society: these are the forces that make up civilization.

 
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