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Social Security Benefits Will Not Be Cut
Randall G. Holcombe • Friday, June 10, 2022
Classes Underway in Florida, Land of the Free
Randall G. Holcombe • Sunday, January 9, 2022
Does Joe Biden’s Multi-Trillion Dollar Spending Plan Pay for Itself?
Randall G. Holcombe • Wednesday, November 10, 2021
To Mask, Or Not? Should I Yield to Authoritarians Who Resist Authority?
Randall G. Holcombe • Thursday, August 12, 2021
It’s Time to End the COVID Mandates
Randall G. Holcombe • Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Rushing Toward the Fiscal Cliff
Randall G. Holcombe • Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Should It Be Illegal for Low Productivity People to Work?
Randall G. Holcombe • Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Florida’s Governor DeSantis Chooses Liberty Over Mandates
Randall G. Holcombe • Friday, December 4, 2020
The Rich Say: Tax Us More to Fight COVID-19
Randall G. Holcombe • Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Government Restrictions Have Gone Too Far
Randall G. Holcombe • Sunday, May 3, 2020
Why Don’t Climate Change Alarmists Promote Nuclear Power?
Randall G. Holcombe • Monday, November 25, 2019
“Medicare for All” Is Not Free Health Care
Randall G. Holcombe • Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Elizabeth Warren’s Proposed Wealth Tax
Randall G. Holcombe • Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Prohibition and Gangs Make Marijuana a Deadly Business
Randall G. Holcombe • Monday, October 28, 2019
Three Assumptions the Left Makes About Economic Inequality
Randall G. Holcombe • Thursday, August 15, 2019
Alexis de Tocqueville on “Democratic” Socialism
Vicki E. Murray-Alger • Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Another Problem with the War on Drugs
Randall G. Holcombe • Thursday, September 27, 2018
Political Capitalism
Randall G. Holcombe • Friday, August 3, 2018
Florida Becomes First State to Offer Student Safety Scholarships
Vicki E. Murray-Alger • Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Don’t Shed Any Tears over the Repeal of Cook County’s Soda Tax
William F. Shughart II • Friday, October 13, 2017
Tax Reform V: Eliminate the Estate Tax
Randall G. Holcombe • Friday, August 18, 2017
Tax Reform III: Tax Employer Health Care Benefits; Offer a Tax Credit to Health Insurance Purchasers
Randall G. Holcombe • Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Is Jeff Sessions Still Attorney General?
Randall G. Holcombe • Wednesday, August 9, 2017
The Real Educational Choice Debate Isn’t About Money. It’s About Government Control
Vicki E. Murray-Alger • Monday, April 17, 2017
Oppose Your Enemies, or Look for Common Ground?
Randall G. Holcombe • Monday, March 27, 2017
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