In contrast to the Greatest Generation, today’s Americans are better labeled the Most Selfish Generation, as they prioritize their own immediate...
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December 21, 2022 • Weekly Newsletter
The Most Selfish Generation: Americans today can’t match the achievements of the Greatest Generation ([link removed])
Richard K. Vedder (The American Spectator)
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In contrast to the Greatest Generation, today’s Americans are better labeled the Most Selfish Generation, as they prioritize their own immediate satisfaction over the needs of others and have abandoned the values and principles that motivated their predecessors. Why are Americans falling short of the achievements of the Greatest Generation? What has changed? READ MORE » ([link removed])
Restoring the PromiseHigher Education in America ([link removed])
By Richard K. Vedder
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America’s Rifle, the AR-15, Is Protected by the Second Amendment ([link removed])
Stephen P. Halbrook (Reason’s The Volokh Conspiracy)
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Yes, owning a semiautomatic rifle like the AR-15 is protected by the Second Amendment—if we take seriously the history of the constitutional right to bear arms, the development of firearms, and the evolution of the “assault weapons” ban in the United States. Learn what previous court decisions said on the matter and what is the likely impact of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Bruen on gun laws around the country. First in a series. READ MORE » ([link removed])
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The Second Amendment’s Plain Text ([link removed])
The Second Amendment in the Fourteenth ([link removed])
Historians and the Second Amendment ([link removed])
Analogy and Second Amendment Reasoning ([link removed])
10 Steps to Save America ([link removed])
Victor Davis Hanson (American Greatness)
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Something has gone terribly wrong—and very abruptly—with the United States. But our wounds do not result from natural disaster, exhaustion of natural resources, plagues, or war. They are mostly self-inflicted. That means we can fix them. Here are 10 straightforward remedies to crushing debt, soaring costs, entitlements, a nonexistent border, racial tensions, crime, and international embarrassment. Will Americans have the guts to enact them? READ MORE » ([link removed])
Liberty in PerilDemocracy and Power in American History ([link removed])
By Randall G. Holcombe
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The Money Supply and the Housing Market Are Joined at the Hip ([link removed])
Steve H. Hanke, Dick Lepre (National Review)
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The Federal Reserve’s (mis)management of the money supply has caused a 40% increase in average home prices and a 78% increase in average mortgage payments on an average-priced home in just two years. Americans are feeling the heat. Housing starts and existing-home sales have dropped. Behind it all: the Fed’s whipsawing of the money supply. READ MORE » ([link removed])
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