Jordan Peterson just shook the dust off his feet as he left the University of Toronto. For one good reason: “Diversity, ...
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January 25, 2022 | Weekly Newsletter

Jordan Peterson: Why I Am No Longer a Tenured Professor at the University of Toronto ([link removed])
Jordan B. Peterson (The National Post)
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Jordan Peterson just shook the dust off his feet as he left the University of Toronto. For one good reason: “Diversity, Inclusivity and Equity mandates”—the acronym of which, as Peterson, with caustic wit, points out is: DIE. And it’s killing academia. And the culture at large. And now businesses, too. How long can this last? READ MORE » ([link removed])
Restoring the Promise ([link removed])
Higher Education in America ([link removed])
By Richard K. Vedder
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Is America Heading for a Systems Collapse? ([link removed])
Victor David Hanson (American Greatness)
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Soaring crime. Roaring inflation. Meritocracy libeled and the political order devolving into tribalism. In modern times, as in ancient Rome, several nations have suffered a “systems collapse.” And we are on the edge of doing so. But we can’t blame barbarians at the gates. Our maladies, thanks to a cruel woke ideology, are self-inflicted by America’s elites. When will they stop hurting us all? READ MORE » ([link removed])
Crisis and Leviathan ([link removed])
Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government (25th Anniversary Edition) ([link removed])
By Robert Higgs
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An Economic Evaluation of Covid Lockdowns ([link removed])
Tomas J. Philipson (The Wall Street Journal)
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The single most important take-away from the Covid pandemic? Public-health officials and politicians can’t assess trade-offs between the harms of prevention and the harms of disease. But the science is clear. Excessive prevention, in the form of lockdowns or school closures, has been more costly to society than the damage done by the illness. READ MORE » ([link removed])
Liberty in Peril ([link removed])
Democracy and Power in American History ([link removed])
By Randall G. Holcombe
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NATO Bears Some Responsibility for the Ukraine Crisis ([link removed])
Ivan Eland (The American Conservative)
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The Russians have massed 100,000 troops near Ukraine, and Western media continue to question what Vladimir Putin intends. But to be honest, has unneeded NATO expansion after the Cold War helped create the present crisis? And, what are our options now? READ MORE » ([link removed])
War and the Rogue Presidency ([link removed])
Restoring the Republic after Congressional Failure ([link removed])
By Ivan Eland
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Liberties Are Only Kept Safe by the Limitation of Government Power ([link removed])
Gary M. Gales (AIER)
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If you care about liberty, you need to care about the massive expansion of federal government powers. And you also need to care about our Founding generation, who well knew the threat to liberty posed by Big Government. “The liberties of the people,” wrote Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794), “are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power.” Will Americans have the understanding and courage to avail ourselves of such wisdom? READ MORE » ([link removed])
The Challenge of Liberty ([link removed])
Classical Liberalism Today ([link removed])
Edited by Robert Higgs, Carl P. Close
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