The Hill, June 19, 2015, reports “Spy court clears path to renewing NSA powers.” The secretive federal court that oversees the nation’s spies is laying the groundwork for temporarily reauthorizing the National Security Agency’s...
Manufacturing associations such as the National Association of Manufacturing (NAM) have been wary or hostile to imports from foreign manufacturers. But manufacturers and associations recognize that for U.S. firms to compete in world markets,...
Previous posts discussed books and studies on the historical and current debate over liberty of contract. If Uber drivers contract with Uber and with Uber customers to give people rides, should city regulators be...
On the Liberty Fund’s Library of Law and Liberty blog, July 9, 2015, law professor Kurt Lash offers a two-part critical review of Damon Root’s Overruled (discussed in earlier post). Lash gives this introduction...
Marine natural resource policy was a Stoa debate topic two years ago. Ocean shipping and regional and global fishing issues and disputes turn out to be significant for the coming year’s Stoa resolution: Resolved:...
In a July, 2011 post on The Volokh Conspiracy (the VC site later moved to the Washington Post), David Bernstein writes: A reader emailed to say he enjoyed Rehabilitating Lochner, and wonders if I could...
Here at FreedomFest (in the strange town of Las Vegas), at the Reason Foundation booth, I was offered a copy of Damon Root’s 2014 book, Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme...
Ethos Debate posted an interview on one of the Stoa LD topics: “Resolved: Developing countries ought to prioritize economic growth over environmental protection.” Here is a link to the interview on YouTube. And the...
Daniel Griswold, in a January 26, 2011 Washington Times article, notes: China has become the final assembly operation in a global factory. Since 1990, imports from China have grown from 3 percent of total...
The 4th of July is a good day to discuss federalism and economic freedom… Federalism and economic freedom have eroded in the U.S. during crises and wars. Historians disagree on whether most blame should...
