op-eds

Advocates say banning cell phones will improve student achievement, decrease student misbehavior, and improve the school's overall climate. But do these bans work?
While police officers may be permitted to search your device with a warrant, you are not obligated to reveal the passcode to unlock it.
If local government acts in the deregulatory, free market ways described here, then the goal of getting 35,000 starter homes built could be met or even exceeded — all at no cost to the taxpayer.
In an age where information is just a few clicks away, college may not be the golden ticket to success it once was. Entrepreneurship, coupled with self-directed learning, has the potential to provide a better path to success than attending a traditional college.
Our technological capability will improve, just like any other industry. But heavy-handed regulations and executive orders are doomed to fail.
Milton Friedman said it best: “(A free economy) gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.”

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