July 14, 2020 Lawyer Licensure Is a Protection Racket
Given the difficulty of administering the July bar exam to California law school graduates in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, the Los Angeles Times is advocating that the state let new law graduates practice law without passing the state bar exam. In an editorial in today’s issue, the Times is recommending that the state give law school graduates “provisional ...
Defund the Drug War
by Laurence M. Vance
Is it possible to defund the police without causing crime to increase and anarchy to ensue? Certainly. Just defund the drug war. After the tragic ...
Regime Change: November 1963
by Jacob G. Hornberger
On November 22, 1963, the U.S. national-security establishment violently removed John Kennedy from the presidency through assassination. ...
The Question Never Asked about Federal Lands
by Laurence M. Vance
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), known as the Government Accounting Office until 2004, “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works ...
Liberty Is the Theme of the American Spirit
by Richard M. Ebeling
July is the month when Americans celebrate the signing and then the announcement of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. While this ...
Seattle Gets It Half Right
by Laurence M. Vance
The city of Seattle City Council has voted to strike down its drug-traffic and prostitution loitering laws. The vote was unanimous. I should emphasize ...
