Videoconferencing in the virtual classroom may have exposed K-12 students to more than just hastily written lesson plans and juvenile pranks.

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July 14, 2020 | Weekly Newsletter

Online Learning Hiccups Lead to Civil Liberty Threats ([link removed])
By Williamson M. Evers and Jonathan Hofer (The Hill, 7/7/20)
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Videoconferencing in the virtual classroom may have exposed K-12 students to more than just hastily written lesson plans and juvenile pranks. When it comes to protecting students’ privacy, many school districts deserve a failing grade. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] Failure The Federal Misedukation of America’s Children ([link removed])
By Vicki E. Alger
College for Cops? Studies Show It Helps Their Behavior, Stress Levels ([link removed])
By C. Ronald Kimberling (The Hill, 6/24/20)
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Why does the International Association of Chiefs of Police support raising the educational bar for new police recruits? Studies show that police officers with at least two years of college education are much less likely to receive misconduct complaints or to use force as their first option for gaining compliance. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] To Serve and Protect Privatization and Community in Criminal Justice ([link removed])
By Bruce L. Benson
The Complicated Ethics of Price Gouging ([link removed])
By Matt Zwolinski (The Epoch Times, 6/29/20)
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Whenever disaster strikes, various consumer goods fall into short supply and merchants face harsh criticism and legal action for raising their prices. Although knee-jerk moralists assert that higher prices are always and everywhere an evil, a tradition in Western moral philosophy holds a contrary view. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] In All Fairness Equality, Liberty, and the Quest for Human Dignity ([link removed])
Edited by Christopher J. Coyne, Michael C. Munger, Robert M. Whaples
The Fed’s Reckless Experiment ([link removed])
By Burton A. Abrams (The Hill, 6/26/20)
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Over the course of a month and a half, the Federal Reserve has increased the nation’s money supply by more than it had done in all of 2019. This being an election year, it’s likely that the Fed will continue its inflationary policies and prices will surge 2021. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] The Terrible 10 A Century of Economic Folly ([link removed])
By Burton A. Abrams
Harvard, Yale and Princeton Embarrass, but Cornell Shines ([link removed])
By Richard K. Vedder (Forbes, 7/3/20)
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America’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning are just as susceptible to pandemics and politics as the rest of academia. What’s noteworthy are the different ways in which they’re either resisting or accommodating the new realities. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] Restoring the Promise Higher Education in America ([link removed])
By Richard K. Vedder
The Beacon: New Blog Posts
* Don’t Trust Government to Distribute Covid-19 Drugs ([link removed]) , by Raymond J. March
* The Moderate Left Tries to Thwart a New Reign of Terror of Its Own Making ([link removed]) , by William J. Watkins, Jr.
* Paycheck Protection Payouts Give Taxpayers Plenty To Ponder ([link removed]) , by K. Lloyd Billingsley
* I Am Not a Mascot ([link removed]) , by Randall G. Holcombe

Catalyst: New Articles
* Police Unions Protect Rogue Cops ([link removed]) , by Tate Fegley
* The Left’s Next Revolution: Ending Cancel Culture ([link removed]) , by William J. Watkins, Jr.
* Proptech Has Come to the Real Estate Industry ([link removed]) , by Scott Beyer
* Why Have Blue States Been Hit Hardest by COVID-19? ([link removed]) , by Jon Miltimore


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