By John Michaels The Trump administration is aggressively pushing an unconstitutional ban on all flavored vape products after reports that over 1,000 people have become ill and roughly two-dozen people have died, supposedly from “vaping.” Vaping has been called an “epidemic” even though vaping has been around for over 10 years with no prior reports of anything like this … [Read more...] about Proposed Federal Vaping Ban Is Bigger Than Vaping
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The Evolution of Governance in 9 Stages
By Max Borders Every day we’re inundated with news and issues competing for our attention. But sometimes we have to step back and take a look at the grand sweep of the past. Maybe, then, we can get a better idea about our emerging future. You see, humanity is on the cusp of another great transition. And we can learn a lot by taking a look at the ones we’ve already been … [Read more...] about The Evolution of Governance in 9 Stages
Why the Government Can’t Measure Income, Happiness, or Well-Being
By Ryan McMaken One of the central problems of aggregate measures of national income and well-being is the fact so much of it relies on incomes, wealth, production, and consumption measured in terms of dollars. This means only activities that can be tracked, counted, and ranked based on dollar values and production totals will be among those activities reported as having … [Read more...] about Why the Government Can’t Measure Income, Happiness, or Well-Being
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
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