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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.
President Ronald Reagan once said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” Those words couldn’t ring truer today as President Biden recently introduced the American Families Plan, a $1.8 trillion taxpayer-funded proposal that would radically undermine American families instead of help them. It would leave families with less control over their lives while failing to solve real problems Americans face in child care, education, health care and welfare—problems the proposal alleges to address. What the plan would actually do is add costly new regulations that won’t just drive up child-care costs but also limit the supply of care. It would discourage welfare recipients from looking for work; discourage marriage; and provide new, much bigger cash payments for families that don’t work at all.
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from HumanProgress.org
Education Website
Injustice is not built to last. Each generation must rise to the challenge of answering the cries of the powerless and give voice to the voiceless, in the unending quest to ensure that we do everything within our capabilities to establish a humane and just society. Anything short is a demonstration of a lack of understanding of our shared humanity. We are one another’s dignified equals, and justice demands that equals be treated equally. Human beings are imperfect, and our institutions are imperfect. That is simply reality. Perfection is not an option for us. As Immanuel Kant argued long ago, and Isiah Berlin adopted as a motto, out of the crooked timber of humanity nothing straight can ever be made. But that doesn’t mean we acquiesce in the face of that imperfection. We can, and must, constantly strive to do better in our quest to establish a more humane and just society.
Our editor and Peter Boettke discuss the future of liberalism and Boettke's book, "The Struggle for a Better World."
As most people know, the future of the oceans could be at risk from pollution and overfishing. The governments’ first instinct is to do what it always does: step in and assume responsibility for the problem. But is that always the right solution? Government intervention frequently does more harm than good. Rather than relying on politics to protect the oceans, we are better off leaving their future to science.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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