When governments take too much money from productive individuals, not surprisingly individuals try to escape from their...
When governments take too much money from productive individuals, not surprisingly individuals try to escape from their...
Governments often get their wealth-destroying, morally depraved ideas from our often misnamed institutes of "higher learning." The latest...
June 2007 -- When we measure the progress of a society by its growth in freedom, we measure it . . . by the greater power on the part of the
January/February 2008 -- The town of Brattleboro, Vermont is a self-proclaimed avant-garde mecca. The busy downtown business district is rif
December 2007 -- Last summer’s federal criminal charges against professional football player Michael Vick for running an illegal dogfighting
December 2007 -- Editor’s note: Last month, Part I of the “Inside the Excuse-Making Industry” explained how, in the 1960s and 1970s, social
Scott Bullock joined the Institute for Justice at its founding in 1991 and serves as a senior attorney. He litigates property rights, free
February 28, 2003 -- A state university uses racial criteria in choosing candidates for admission. It has been doing this for years, as have
When the ACLU gets involved in a case, even a business rights case, I tend not to notice, because of that organization’s infamous
Mayer, a professor of law at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio, has just had a book published by the Cato Institute: Liberty..
I have not been blogging for the last month in order to devote my full time to an historically important violation of Business Rights. Now..
Ayn Rand argued that those who mete out death to others certainly deserve it back as a matter of justice (assuming that we are speaking of..
In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court declared a constitutionally protected right to abortion. Far from resolving the debate that gave rise to it..
On December 20th, 2010, the government of Belarus launched a sweeping crack-down (see news photo below) against opposition..
In my editorial “ Consider the Source ,” I speculated that Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, was
Earlier, I mentioned that accusation —of “rampant” insider trading—in connection with a sweeping new prosecution that has been launched by
Jeff Skilling’s lawyer has presented arguments for a new trial to a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit. The centerpiece of his case...
The Democrats can’t garner votes in the 2010 general elections by bragging about their legislative achievements—greater government control..
Why did federal regulators not intervene sooner? A tragedy could have been averted. That was the first demand made following the accidental
November 2001 -- The Assault on Civilization , posted October 12, 2001. Published in the November 2001 Navigator . The position of The