Want Less Corruption? Try Having Smaller Government.
People can never be made incorruptible. We can, however, design governmental systems filled with checks and balances that limit the temptations.
People can never be made incorruptible. We can, however, design governmental systems filled with checks and balances that limit the temptations.
Election betting markets are often more reliable than pundits. Did the site steal user funds? No. Did they lie to people? No. Harm anyone? No.
"On its face, the CARE Act violates essential constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection while needlessly burdening fundamental rights to privacy, autonomy and liberty," the petition states.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Joe Biden said that he wants to hold police "accountable." But he neglected to mention the elephant in the room.
These days, he may run for president. His politics have changed.
Gov. Greg Abbott has already announced that he’d sign the bill if passed.
The Florida governor wants to fund more migrant stunts, despite claiming that his budget will “keep more money in the pockets of Floridians.”
"When you have technology designed by humans, the bias is going to show up in the algorithms," said one former child welfare worker.
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Report author: “The COVID-19 pandemic was a catastrophe for human freedom.”
In 1950, there were more than 16 workers for every beneficiary. In 2035, that ratio will be only 2.3 workers per retiree.
In the early 20th century, the Klan's virulent nativism and anti-Catholicism fueled its interest in education policy.
"They couldn't keep him alive for two weeks," says the boy's father. "That's absolutely insane."
Getting rid of the much-despised tax agency would be a good idea. It’s unlikely to happen anytime soon.
States are putting unfair restrictions on college athletes from profiting off their names, images, and likenesses.
Federal regulators and lawmakers are pushing bans after a new study came out linking indoor gas stove usage to childhood asthma.
Despite $80 billion in new funding, the agency is living up to its reputation of hassling low-income taxpayers over rich people.
We’d all be better off if politicians spared us their experiments in subsidies, wages, and trade.
When I was young, I assumed government would lift people out of poverty. But those policies often do more harm than good.
The IODA aims to edit the legal defintion of "obscenity" to allow for the regulation of most pornography. But even if it passes, a nationwide porn ban is unlikely to succeed.
A staggeringly high number of families are subject to child abuse and neglect investigations in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Private property was the solution to their failed experiment. But people keep repeating the Pilgrims' mistakes.
The GOP has hit the dead end of Trump-style personality-cult populism. It's time to try having ideas.
People with money on the line try harder than pundits to be right, and they adjust quickly when they've made a mistake.
Jared Polis cruised to reelection this Tuesday on a platform that included reducing the state's income tax and giving "more freedom" to Coloradans.
With government meddling, many farmers end up doing less with more, and people end up paying more for less.
Big-government conservatives underperformed across the country.
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Supporting restraints on government only for your opponents is a recipe for continued conflict.
The G Word, a new documentary, only occasionally covers serious issues. But it opts not to do honest reporting.
The New York Times newsroom illustrates what happens when you listen to the New York Times editorial board.
No, a big storm does not require big government.
Netflix's The G Word tries and fails to restore faith in big government.
What differentiates national conservatives from some other right-wing varietals is the desire to use government to destroy their enemies.
The real danger to citizens is the use of coercive government power, no matter how it’s named.
Canadian legal scholar Leonid Sirota outlines some reasons why.
The Norwegian government euthanized Freya the walrus on Sunday, citing safety concerns for the crowds that gathered to watch her sunbathe.
Tax collectors and federal cops have always been rotten to the core.
Media "fact-checkers" are taking administration promises at face value and using them to bludgeon Republicans.
Frederick Douglass compared compelled labor to slavery. That objection still stands.
And it also won't help us recover from the recession we're definitely not in.
Adam Conover and President Barack Obama want to unruin the federal government. But they’re not really willing to truly consider that it’s too big and too wasteful.
Only 6 percent of Americans say the federal government is extremely "careful with taxpayer money," yet those same Americans consistently report that they want the government to do more.
Inspiring support for Ukrainian freedom is undermined by the remainder of the president’s agenda.
Why do so many people seem eager to fret and impose emergency measures even as COVID-19 becomes endemic and restrictions take a growing toll?
If you want to abstain from drinking or observe the Sabbath, then abstain from drinking and observe the Sabbath.