By Kerry McDonald With college classes underway for the fall semester, parents may worry about how their children will navigate campus life, balance academics and social pressures, and find their pathway to a meaningful career. While parents of college students have long shared these common worries, they now confront new concerns. The number of college students … [Read more...] about Why so Many College Students Are In Mental Distress—And What Parents Can Do about It
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10 Mistakes Young Professionals Make While Job Hunting
By Katy Gambella As a manager for a job placement company, I oversee a lot of talent searches for entry/junior employees. This means I get to interact with a lot of young professionals and have a front-row seat for one of the most exciting (and often overwhelming) times for burgeoning professionals: the job search. As you can imagine, I’ve seen some really … [Read more...] about 10 Mistakes Young Professionals Make While Job Hunting
Like Most Government Central-Planning Schemes, Zoning Laws Raise the Cost of Living
By Chris Calton In the classic video game Sim City, players acting as the mayor of a simulated city begin by allocating space by industrial, residential, and commercial zones. There is no option in the game to have overlapping districts, where a department store might sit next to a middle-class home. The very idea would seem absurd to modern minds, which typically accept … [Read more...] about Like Most Government Central-Planning Schemes, Zoning Laws Raise the Cost of Living
Did California Just Kill the Gig Economy?
By Brittany Hunter California may have just passed a death sentence on the gig economy. Late Tuesday night, as many California residents slept in their beds, the state legislature passed a bill that is expected to impact hundreds of thousands of independent contractors across the state. For months now, the state assembly has been debating controversial legislation … [Read more...] about Did California Just Kill the Gig Economy?
What Vexes Small Business More than Taxes and Regulations?
By Jeffrey A. Tucker The latest survey of small business contains a surprise. Or maybe it is not a surprise if you are or know a small business owner. Over the last six years, the concerns of taxes and regulations are being eclipsed by a new number-one concern: the lack of quality in the workforce. Now, what does quality in staffing mean? It could mean skills. In the … [Read more...] about What Vexes Small Business More than Taxes and Regulations?
Why Entrepreneurs Are Different
By Raushan Gross Many people think and talk about competition without a slight feeling of uneasiness. Often, it is only the entrepreneur who feels comfort about competition in the marketplace. Most people do not understand the sense of competitiveness the entrepreneur possesses. The saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Not so for the entrepreneur. In contrast, … [Read more...] about Why Entrepreneurs Are Different
How to Make Health Care Unaffordable and Inaccessible
By Bradley Thomas Whether it’s Medicare for All or some other variant of a single-payer plan, the leading 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are in agreement that more government control will make health care more affordable and accessible. The presumption behind these plans is that there is currently too much freedom in the health care industry, and only more state … [Read more...] about How to Make Health Care Unaffordable and Inaccessible
I Was Sentenced to Life Without Parole for a Non-Violent First Drug Offense
By David Gornoski The following is an article by Craig Cesal, a federal prisoner sentenced to life without the possibility of parole as a first-time offender convicted of conspiring to distribute marijuana. "I sentence you to a term of natural life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole." These were the words I heard in the months after the events of September … [Read more...] about I Was Sentenced to Life Without Parole for a Non-Violent First Drug Offense
How Schools Promote Fixed Mindsets and Prevent Growth
By Justin Spears Admittedly, I am awful at math. All through school, down to the last official class I took in college, I struggled with the subject. Since leaving the academic setting I have not gone out of my way to improve those skills. I would argue that the reason for this is my lack of ability to understand mathematical concepts. This, in turn, leads to a lack of … [Read more...] about How Schools Promote Fixed Mindsets and Prevent Growth
A More Sane Alternative to Government Prisons
Op-Ed by Lee Friday Rape, violence, and drugs are ubiquitous in prisons, so it is not surprising that recidivists commit a hugely disproportionate share of crime. Government prisons and so-called private prisons have no incentive to rehabilitate prisoners or improve prison conditions because taxes are their source of revenue, which is guaranteed regardless of … [Read more...] about A More Sane Alternative to Government Prisons
How “Unschooling” Can Benefit Your Child and the World
By Sarah Surette How could trust revolutionize education? Peter Gray defines unschooling in his book Free to Learn, as “the category of home-based education most compatible with trustful parenting.” In this way, the parent is placing trust in the abilities and instincts of the child instead of allowing outside authorities to dictate what, where, when and how to … [Read more...] about How “Unschooling” Can Benefit Your Child and the World
The High Price of a “Free Lunch”
By Frank Hollenbeck One of the Ten Commandments is “thou shalt not steal,” and theft is generally condemned in most religions, yet our religious leaders and followers have essentially turned a blind eye to government theft. Based on a policy of envy, Bernie Sanders, for example, has bluntly stated he intends to tax the rich to fund his programs, as though the word rich … [Read more...] about The High Price of a “Free Lunch”