Jonathan Bean | Friday November 6, 2020 at 8:15 AM PST
Here we go again: another riot in Portland, this time purportedly stoked by President Trump’s legal challenge to vote counting. Riots and voting have a history dating back to the Watts Riot of 1965, which occurred one month after President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. The Watts riot was one of many...
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Samuel R. Staley | Monday June 1, 2020 at 10:42 AM PDT
The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer with a history of excessive force complaints has spurred protests, demonstrations, and riots across the nation. Peaceful protests are more than justified. However, the lawless riots are not; they are enacting the very injustices they claim to contest and on a colossal...
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Randall G. Holcombe | Thursday December 21, 2017 at 2:31 PM PST
One of the most important factors that generate prosperity is rule of law.
Robert Higgs | Friday November 18, 2016 at 11:19 AM PST
People my age have a wider perspective than most when we think about politics and government. When I hear young friends talking as if Donald Trump’s election portends the end of civilization and every good thing it has fostered, I recall vividly how it felt to live in the USA from 1963 to 1974,...
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