Victor Davis Hanson: Does Iran realize its own growing danger? From: American Greatness. Iranians have little clue they are one stupid missile volley, or one reckless intervention away from a devastating Western response.
đŻ Americans learned a financial-crisis lesson. Washington did not. From: Veronique de Rugy/Creators. And the reality is brutal.
California is taxing itself to death. From: Eric Boehm/Reason. Since departees tend to be high earners, their absence threatens to wreck the state's swollen budget.
đ¤ The Trump gag order should be struck down. From: Jonathan Turley. This order should concern everyone who values freedom of speech and should be overturned as overbroad and dangerous.
Legalizing weed changes who bears costs and gets benefits. From: David Henderson/EconLog. Specifically, those who bear a large part of the costs when drugs are legal are the users themselves whereas, when drugs are illegal, the drug war imposes costs on people who have no connection to the drug trade.
đ° Illegal immigrationâs terrifying cost. From: City-Journal. State and local governments are spending billions on migrants and asylum seekersâand the bill will only grow steeper.
No, we cannot afford to fund yet another war. From: Connor OâKeeffe/Ludwig von Mises Institute. The current monetary system makes it seem as though Washington can fix all the worldâs problems without the need for more taxes, but, in reality, our wealth is just confiscated indirectly through inflation rather than directly through taxation.
đ Californiaâs education system is based on spending more money, not getting better results. From: Steven Greenhut/Orange County Register. State officials seem to delight in how much money they âinvest,â without worrying too much about outcomes.
We know corporate media are biased, but the reporting on Gaza shows theyâre willing to be propagandists â even if their false reports are likely to get people killed. From: Mark Heminway/The Federalist. The fake Gaza story instigated violence worldwide.
âď¸ Woke antisemitism: a reckoning. From: Quillette. In their rationalizations of violence against Jews and Israelis, theyâve outed themselves as extremists.
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