Words & Numbers

People tend to talk about income inequality as if it were necessarily a bad thing. In so doing, they often confuse inequ... Read more

Healthcare is a hot topic right now after a couple of failed attempts to repeal Obamacare and an executive order that ro... Read more

Every year, the American people spend about $30 billion on accountants and software to file their taxes. That's on top o... Read more

The word “equality” is a tricky one. It means different things to different people in different contexts. Do we mean “in... Read more

In today's strange climate of political correctness, free speech exists in a weird place. Safe spaces, First Amendment z... Read more

When a person harms another, the harmed party can go to the courts to seek redress. But the Supreme Court sets police an... Read more

Citizens United, a conservative non-profit corporation, was once caught in the crosshairs of campaign finance law. The c... Read more

Much has been said about the high cost of higher education in America. And it is, indeed, quite expensive and getting mo... Read more

It’s debate season, and speculation about who will be the next president has already begun. Looming over the current pre... Read more

Fun fact: the profit margin for most businesses is about 8 percent. When you’re talking about categories like restaurant... Read more

Lately, headlines seem to focus on big companies that pay no corporate taxes. However, most of those big companies are s... Read more

In private schools, as in private enterprise in general, poor performance drives funding away by driving paying customer... Read more

For many children, compulsory education and authority figures tend to inadvertently turn off their sense of curiosity an... Read more

Large countries, like the United States, span multiple time zones and have multiple climates. They also have multiple ec... Read more

The word “diversity” has become a sticky one. In the last fifteen years, a genuine “diversity industry” has sprung up, p... Read more

“School choice” is much more than parents being able to choose which schools their children will attend. It is also teac... Read more

Many proposed solutions to society’s problems produce unintended consequences. Some laws passed in good faith, such as t... Read more

As the saying goes, if you want less of something, tax it. Recently, a House bill was proposed that would raise the taxa... Read more

Sometimes, the things we take for granted are the things we should be most thankful for. Football games on your televisi... Read more

When it comes to wildlife conservation and other environmental concerns, the ideas of free markets and private property ... Read more