by Byron Schlomach | Nov 18, 2020 | Blog
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris often declared during the campaign that “We believe in science.” And judging by the tendency of the college-educated, especially among the sophisticates living on the coasts, to agree with Harris’s positions on everything from...
by Brad Galbraith | Nov 16, 2020 | Blog
As the country entered into an election year, COVID-19 reared its head and became an unusual campaign issue. Exposed to extreme politization, facts were buried in an abundance of misinformation perpetuated by the invocation of “science.” With the overly polarized...
by 1889 Institute | Nov 16, 2020 | Research
Make Social Distancing Restrictions Voluntary Authors Steve Trost Abstract This paper argues that states should form policy according to rational risk assessment in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. State and local policy-makers should create a framework that...
by Byron Schlomach | Sep 23, 2020 | Blog
When was the last time you ate money? When did you last wear it? Ever shelter under it during a storm? Fact is, money is only useful for purchasing the things we need. That’s the problem with yet more talk of a federal government “stimulus” in the face of state and...
by Benjamin Lepak | Aug 31, 2020 | Blog
The hypocrisy of the Soviet Union’s pretense of egalitarianism was well known enough to be the subject of mockery and parody. Ronald Reagan never tired of the jokes. Soviet communism espoused equality, but the reality is that party apparatchiks and government...
