Tyler Veak is a Scholarly Communication Librarian at the A. Pierre Guillermin Library. His responsibilities include managing Liberty's Digital Commons and Selected Works platforms, the submission of electronic theses and dissertations (ETD), assisting in the Graduate Writing Center, and acting as a ...
When I write a “Great Moments” column, that’s always been a sign that some government is going to be subject to mockery. For today’s column, though, I’m going to break with that pattern. That’s because I’m writing about the success story of Botswana, a country in southern Afr...
23% raise to $221,597 a year, records show. Hizzoner named Banks’ girlfriend, Sheena Wright, and four other women deputy mayors last Dec. 21. Deputy mayors made $251,982 in FY 21. …David Bloomfield, a Brooklyn College
“Minnesota nice…” expires when grasping government wants to steal your house. Just ask Geraldine Tyler, 94, the Black grandmother… In 2010, alarmed by neighborhood disorder, Tyler, retired and living alone, moved from her Minneapolis condominium to a senior living center. She neglected to pay...
When writing about rent control in the past, I’ve used words like “horrid” and “lunacy.” And let’s not forget “folly.” The policy is (asI wrote in 2019) the “triumph of vote counting over sound economics.” This short video provides a good summary. ...
And, the previous year, I shared two excellent videos from Marginal Revolution University while writing about Hong Kong’s remarkable jump from poverty to prosperity. For today’s column, I want to expand on this point using the economic growth page from Max Roser’s great site, Our World in...
The New York Post pegged their fortune much higher, at $135 million. …All things considered, the Obamas could stand to earn as much as $242.5 million in their post-presidency life, American University estimated in 2017. …they purchased an 8,200-square-foot mansion in Washington, DC, for...
Since Ms. Long was writing an opinion column, I reckon we can’t say that her piece is an example ofmedia bias. But she deserves a booby prize forpoor analysis. Share this: EntitlementsGovernment SpendingSocial Security, taggedEntitlements,Fiscal Policy,Government Spending,Social Securityon March...
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Indeed, when writing about rent control in the past, I’ve used words like “horrid” and “lunacy.” And let’s not forget “folly.” It is the triumph of public choice over common sense and economic literacy. Sadly, President Biden put personal ambition over the national interest a ...