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As the nation stops to give thanks today, let us never forget the indispensable role of freedom in securing our prosperity. Happy Thanksgiving from The Mendenhall!

Giving Thanks for Capitalism - The Mendenhall
With happiness, repose, and considerable wonder at the passage of time, we arrive at another Thanksgiving and the beginning of another holiday season. As we do, it is often difficult amidst the unending barrage of scandalous news and partisan polarization here in the U.S. to recognize just how much…
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Occupational licensing destroys economic opportunities.

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December 10 at 10:02am

Occupational licensing is a disaster.

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The DoD is being audited for the first time ever. That's right. The entire Department of Defense has managed to get away with politicians never once demanding an audit of its practices until now.

Pentagon Announces First-Ever Audit Of The Department Of Defense
The Defense Department has famously never been audited, despite receiving hundreds of billions of dollars annually and having more than $2 trillion in assets.
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If your alternative energy source requires immensely more resources and billions in subsidies, maybe it's time to rethink.

Tesla truck ‘will require power of 4,000 homes to recharge’
Maybe they could put some solar panels on its roof and only recharge when it’s windy. Tesla’s recently unveiled electric truck will require the equivalent power used by up to 4,000 homes to r…
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Whatever your views on immigration, never forget that it makes us immensely wealthier over time and that prohibiting it comes at a great cost.

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Bryan Caplan on the sometimes bizarre objects of public outrage.

The Unbearable Arbitrariness of Deploring | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
As a self-identified non-Neurotic man, I\'m not surprised by the social ubiquity of anger, sadness, and fear.  When something bad happens, my instinctive reaction is to say, \
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Woodrow Wilson's racism was deplorable, but while we're at it, let's not neglect many of our most progressive president's other flaws.

Woodrow Wilson’s racism isn’t the only reason for Princeton to shun his name
Presidential candidate Ted Cruz, a Princeton graduate, calls Princeton protesters who want Woodrow Wilson’s name removed from the university “pampered teenagers who are scared of an idea that chall…
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The New York Times seems to be commemorating the 100th anniversary of world communism by whitewashing its horrors.

Opinion | The New York Times keeps whitewashing communism’s crimes
Its ‘Red Century’ series portrays communism as a noble cause.
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Professor Brad Birzer responds to a set of smears leveled against Hillsdale College, a largely conservative and libertarian school, by a U.S. senator.

Promoting Human Dignity Since 1844: Hillsdale College
No Congressman Merkley, our conservative college doesn't serve to discriminate.
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Economist Scott Burns on the inanity of Joseph Stiglitz's call to ban #Bitcoin.

Stiglitz’s Ignorant Call to Ban Bitcoin | Scott Burns
In a November 29th interview for Bloomberg News, Columbia economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz gave his advice for what policymakers should do to mark the historic date where the exchange rate between bitcoins and U.S. dollars reached $10,000: “It ought to be outlawed.”
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Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard would could be the most significant Fourth Amendment case of this decade.

A Liberal-Conservative Alliance on the Supreme Court Against Digital Surveillance
Justices found common ground in asserting the relevance of the Fourth Amendment in the electronic age, even as they cited sharply different rationales.
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A powerful plea in the Harvard Crimson by a student whose family survived the horrors of communism.

100 Years. 100 Million Lives. Think Twice. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
After spending four years on a campus saturated with Marxist memes and jokes about communist revolutions, my classmates will graduate with the impression that communism represents a light-hearted critique of the status quo, rather than an empirically violent philosophy that destroyed millions of liv...
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An announcement to our readers about a new writing initiative by Brian Underwood, coming soon!

http://themendenhall.com/2017/11/24/a-note-to-readers/

A Note To Readers - The Mendenhall
Dear Readers, Tuesday’s article marked my one-hundred thirty-fourth publication on The Mendenhall. From my first piece through every one since, I have been proud to contribute alongside fellow writers Slade and Allen Mendenhall on topics large and small. For nearly seven years, I have commented on e...
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When we witness the risks taken by individuals to escape some of the worst places on Earth, we see how thankful Americans have a right to be.

North Korean Soldier Shot In Border Blitz Wakes Up … Here’s What He Had To Say
The North Korean soldier who was shot multiple times fleeing into South Korea at the border has regained consciousness, according to South Korean reports. "Is this actually South Korea? I want to h
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By all appearances, President Trump is moving to restore the long lost balance of power between Congress and the executive.

Is Donald Trump, of All Presidents, Devolving Power Back to the Legislative Branch?
Contrary to his reputation (and Twitter feed), the president has been selectively trimming executive power.
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The elimination of net neutrality rules is a win for firms' rights to their own physical property.

FCC plans total repeal of net neutrality rules
The FCC's plan for net neutrality is a familiar one in the Trump administration: Repeal, but don't replace.
politico.com

The "fake news crisis" is much more than people believing false stories--it also involves a coordinated smearing and discrediting of legitimate journalists. http://themendenhall.com/…/folk-news-anti-intellectualisms…/

Folk News: Anti-Intellectualism's Assault On Legitimate Media - The Mendenhall
Though it had undoubtedly existed in some fashion beforehand, the phrase “fake news” first entered the American political lexicon with full force during the 2016 presidential election. Many blamed the successful campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the widespread circulation...
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Ending the myth of great prosperity under high 1950s taxes.

The 1950s Economic Golden Age Is a Myth | Daniel J. Mitchell
I periodically get hit with the argument that high tax rates don’t matter since America enjoyed a golden period of prosperity in the 1950s and early 1960s when the top tax rate was more than 90 percent. But the US experienced four recessions during the 1950s which were really a period of tepid growt...
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