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Clayton E. Cramer
The Ultrasound Mandate and Personal Responsibility
Making abortion readily available is valuable not only to irresponsible women, but also to irresponsible men.
How Common Are Deaths Like Trayvon Martin’s?
Statistics show that concealed carry permit holders are far less likely to commit gun crimes than the general population.
Non-Intervention as Foreign Policy
A beautiful ideal, but not terribly practical for the messy world in which we live.
Crony Capitalism: There Is Nothing New Under the Sun
Nicholas Nickleby and Obama's promotion of "green energy."
CEO Salaries and Pharmaceutical Costs
How much do CEO and other top exec salaries add to the cost of drugs?
Buying Group Health Insurance Can Be a Bureaucratic Nightmare
If the Republican Party really wanted to win in 2012, they would raise this issue.
The Department of Education Cracks Down on For-Profit Colleges
Should Washington scale back its huge college subsidies instead?
California Pays the Price for Shortsighted Prison Policy
I fear that if CA voters do not start providing some adult supervision to their state government, we are going to end up with a judicially imposed mess equivalent to the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill.
Inside the Higher Education Bubble
A teacher witnesses disturbing trends. (Also read: "Study: Higher ed bubble could be solved by getting faculty to teach more.")
Disturbing Similarities Between the Fall of Rome and Today’s America
The parallels aren't perfect, but there is much to contemplate about America when reading about the fall of the Roman empire.
Harry Reid Calls for an End to Legal Prostitution in Nevada
What amazes me more than the arguments for and against prostitution is the absurdity of Senator Reid’s particular argument.
Mental Illness and Mass Murder
How many more tragedies like the Tucson shootings will we have to watch before we start facing the harsh truth?
When in Danger, Profiling Is Rational
A woman walking at night who fears the approaching footsteps of a male is drawing on reason.
The Myth that High Unemployment Means a High Crime Rate
Once again, the conventional wisdom of the elites proves itself wrong.
Mandatory Training for Gun Owners: Constitutional? Useful?
A solution in need of a problem: mandatory training is of questionable legality, and gun misuse is not generally due to a lack of skill or knowledge.
Lessons from McDonald v. Chicago
I have enjoyed basking in the glory of being cited in a U.S. Supreme Court decision for the second time, but this was not a conservative victory.
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