What’s behind racially segregated graduations and dorms, and racialist reeducation and confessional workshops in government, the military...
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April 8, 2021 | Weekly Newsletter

Is Racism Moral Now? ([link removed])
By Victor Davis Hanson (American Greatness)
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What’s behind racially segregated graduations and dorms, and racialist reeducation and confessional workshops in government, the military, and private enterprise? It’s the new antiracism racism flagrantly directed at “whiteness.” Worse still, this new obsession ignores the real dividing line in our era of bicoastal globalism, which is now class—the new-old word we dare not speak. READ MORE » ([link removed])
Race & Liberty in America The Essential Reader ([link removed])
Edited by Jonathan J. Bean
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The Cost of California’s Public-Employee Unions ([link removed])
By Lawrence J. McQuillan, Adam B. Summers (National Review)
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What happens when the pigs at the trough control the trough? California shows that favoring narrow special interests while reducing employment opportunities, diminishing the quality of education, and continually increasing the cost of living is not a strategy for success. READ MORE » ([link removed])
California Dreaming Lessons on How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis ([link removed])
By Lawrence J. McQuillan
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Inspiring New Book: Really Good Schools:Global Lessons for High-Caliber, Low-Cost Education ([link removed])
By James Tooley
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Almost overnight a virus has brought into question America’s nearly 200-year-old government-run K-12 school-system—and prompted an urgent search for alternatives. But where should we turn to find them? In the developing world, says James Tooley, the world’s foremost expert on low-cost, private innovative education. And if kids can get (seriously) educated without the state in Sierra Leone, they can get educated without government in Middle America. Or anywhere else. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY » ([link removed])
American Exodus: Don’t wait for the oligarchy to let you in. Just walk away. ([link removed])
By Angelo M. Codevilla (Tablet)
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The federal government, the governments of states and localities run by the Democratic Party, along with the major corporations, the educational establishment, and the news media set strict but movable boundaries about what they may or may not say—on pain of being cast out, isolated from society’s mainstream. Who voted for this? READ MORE » ([link removed])
Crisis and Leviathan Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government (25th Anniversary Edition) ([link removed])
By Robert Higgs
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Happy Days Are Almost Here Again, but for How Long? ([link removed])
By Richard K. Vedder (Forbes)
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Moody’s Investor Service shifted their overall outlook for higher education from “negative” to “stable.” But how long will this stability last? College is getting more expensive and incoming freshman class sizes are declining. READ MORE » ([link removed])
Restoring the Promise Higher Education in America ([link removed])
By Richard K. Vedder
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Clashing with Two Great Powers at Once Is Bad Policy ([link removed])
By Ivan Eland (The American Conservative)
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Despite the publicity surrounding Vladimir Putin’s evil deeds, a prospering and rising China is a bigger challenge for the United States in the long run. Ideally, Biden should do the opposite of Nixon. He should make nice with the weaker Russia to balance the ascending Chinese challenger. READ MORE » ([link removed])
War and the Rogue Presidency Restoring the Republic after Congressional Failure ([link removed])
By Ivan Eland
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Copyright Bots Powered by a 1998 Law Threaten the Public’s Right to Know ([link removed])
By Jonathan Hofer (The Hill)
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Copyright bots automatically search digital content to identify copyright infringements. Google’s Content ID for YouTube is a prominent example, handling 98 percent of their copyright issues. But the bots do not work well. Why does Big Tech rely on them? READ MORE » ([link removed])
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* Small Steps in Piercing the Government Veil ([link removed]) , by Craig Eyermann
* MIC America Great Again? ([link removed]) , by K. Lloyd Billingsley


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