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January 3, 2024  •  Weekly Newsletter
Washington Doesn’t Understand Obamacare

John C. Goodman (Forbes)

Here is the brutal truth: families with the worst medical problems and the most expensive medical needs would be better off if Obamacare had never become law. And here’s another brutal truth: we all can get sick. So how about we just repeal this failed law? READ MORE »

New Way to Care

Social Protections that Put Families First

By John C. Goodman

How FDR Emasculated the Black Press in World War II

David T. Beito (Reason)

President Roosevelt’s civil liberties abuses extended far beyond the Japanese internment camps. And there are few better examples than the New Deal’s campaign against the black press. The details will shock you. READ MORE »

The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights

The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance

By David T. Beito

ChatGPT Is a Calculator; Deal with It

Michael C. Munger (AIER)

ChatGPT and other forms of AI are not so different from the printing press, the calculator, and GPS systems. These new technologies were “disruptive,” too. Can we move on now? READ MORE »

Future

Economic Peril or Prosperity?

Edited by Robert M. Whaples et al.

California Would Have Low-Cost Housing If Government Allowed It: The Mortenson Experiment

Lawrence J. McQuillan (The Beacon)

Inexpensive housing would be built in California if government allowed it. But it doesn’t, and, as a result, the state’s streets teem with 151,000 homeless people, a human and moral tragedy unequalled in American history. There is an answer. His name is Chris Mortenson. READ MORE »

Beyond Homeless: Finding Hope

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When Liberal Became a Political Adjective

Daniel B. Klein

The Ongoing Legal Battle: Biometrics, 5th Amendment, and Phone Decryption

Jonathan Hofer

The Problem With the Power Plant Rule

Paige Lambermont

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