March Madness has finally ended, albeit in April. However, the federal prohibition against gambling on the basketball games continues. On March 11 — Selection Sunday — the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced which 68 teams qualified for the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. Thirty-two teams get automatic spots to
Donald Trump’s possible decision to end NASA’s funding of the International Space Station by 2025 brings up that age-old question of the proper role of government, although it is certainly not he who is bringing it up. The International Space Station (ISS) program is a joint operation between NASA and the space agencies of Russia, Japan, Canada,
Why do some conservatives and libertarians want some Americans to pay more in taxes? Oh, they don’t actually come out and say that. Then they would sound like Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton. What they do say is that certain tax deductions are “loopholes” that need to be “closed” because they “distort” the tax code, “subsidize” high-income
The Free Market 31, no. 9 (September 2013) Air travelers were outraged when the FAA announced that there would be flight delays because air-traffic controllers had to take furloughs as a result of sequester budget cuts. But there is another federal agency whose budget cuts Americans should be cheering—the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Volume 8, No. 1 (Spring 2005) The title of the book may initially seem to be an exercise in hyperbole, but such is not the case. How Capitalism Saved America is indeed the untold history of our country. After a brief introduction and two very crucial introductory chapters on the nature of capitalism and the perpetrators of anticapitalism ,
The Free Market 26, no. 7 (July 2005) Did you have to write out a check to the IRS for $5,581 this past April 15? If you had to do such a thing next year, would you think of it as your civic duty or would you consider it a crime that only the government could get away with? A Typical Taxpayer This figure of $5,581 is not an arbitrary one.
The Free Market 26, no. 10 (October 2005) The fifteenth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, signed into law by President Bush I on July 26, 1990, has come and gone, but it has not been a success. It has cost untold billions, increased the pestilence of labor disputes, and even increased the ranks of the unemployed among the
Thousands of workers in five states and the District of Columbia are getting a raise today, but not because of the generosity of their employers or because they have suddenly become more productive. That relic from FDR’s New Deal, the minimum wage, increases today in the District of Columbia and the states of Illinois, New York, Oregon, Vermont,
Not all handicapped people are in favor of handicapped parking. In response to my recent article, “ The State Conquers the Parking Lot ,” a handicapped individual writes the following: I have a handicapped parking ticket and guess what? I absolutely agree with you. In fact, I often try to avoid using the designated spots, because it doesn’t feel
If you haven’t subscribed to the Journal of Libertarian Studies because you thought the price of $29.95 was too high then consider this: the ad in the December 1976 issue of The Libertarian Forum advertising the new JLS to be published beginning in 1977 says that the price is $20. That is only a $9.95 increase in almost 30
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