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Monday, March 10, 2025
 
 
Is DOGE a Dog When It Comes to Real Federal Spending?
Vincent Cook
While Elon Musk and his DOGE team have made some highly-publicized “cuts” in federal spending, much of the federal budget has been hammered in stone for a long time. It will take fundamental changes in spending patterns to make a real difference.
 
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Fatal Freedom
David Gordon
In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction by Jim Downs, who exposes the high death rates from disease suffered by newly-freed slaves because of neglect by Union armies.
 
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Perfecting the Libertarian Argument for Dealing with the Drug Cartels
 
The only way to cripple drug cartels is through drug legalization.
 
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Extractive Psychology
 
Is extractive always a dirty word? While mining and energy fuel civilization, modern environmentalism has reshaped public perception—and the economy.
 
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The Swedish “System” of Control
It’s important to note that Sweden’s hate speech law is only a small part of the broader “Swedish system” and its democratic shortcomings.
 
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The Wailings of a Broken Class
The current backlash—while political in nature—is merely one way in which a sane, stable order of things reasserts itself. The intelligentsia really feels like they’re in mortal danger. It’s lovely to see.
 
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Is the News Really News?
While discussing Vice President Vance’s recent speech in Munich, Margaret Brennan made the bold claim that free speech is what “empowered” the Nazi Party.
 
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Money for Nothing
 
Dr. Timothy Terrell explains why we’re spending more and getting less in American higher education.
 
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How to Think about the Economy
 
Per Bylund’s How to Think About the Economy is a clear, 142-page primer that makes economic thinking accessible, concise, and easy to grasp for any reader.
 
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