News From London, Ontario, And Beyond

Anti-Gouging Laws Are the Reason There Is a Toilet Paper Shortage

March 17, 2020 – Sandra Klein …… Producers haven’t stopped making toilet paper. But anti-gouging laws in many places prevent prices from rising to dissuade your neighbor from buying three hundred rolls at the regular price while others in greater need can’t find any at all. Continue reading →

A Government Monopoly Led to Botched COVID-19 Test Kits, but Private Labs Are Now Saving the Day

March 16, 2020 – Ben Johnson …… The basic economic truth is that competition improves results. Continue reading →

The Coronavirus Is Scary, But There’s Nothing to Fear from Remote Work

March 12, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… Remote work has grown 91 percent over the last decade — and for good reason. Continue reading →

Coronavirus Reminds Us What Education Without Schooling Can Look Like

March 11, 2020 – Kerry McDonald …… The coronavirus outbreak might help some parents discover better alternatives outside of traditional schooling. Continue reading →

Nationalism as National Liberation: Lessons from the End of the Cold War

March 10, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… If we regard nationalism as necessarily harmful, we end up supporting the Soviet Union, and every empire and two-bit dictator who manages to hammer together a variety of disparate groups under a single national banner. Continue reading →

6 Things We Learned from Prohibition

March 9, 2020 – John Phelan …… In a book on prohibitions, John Meadowcroft of King’s College in London offers several “generic lessons and implications” of the practice. Hint – prohibition does more harm than good. Continue reading →

Rose Wilder Lane: Pioneer of Educational Freedom

March 8, 2020 – Kerry McDonald …… In her 1943 book “The Discovery of Freedom,” Rose Wilder Lane makes a compelling case for individual freedom and limited government power. Continue reading →

Citizens Applaud Quick Demolition of Barn After Politicians Give It Heritage Protection

March 5, 2020 – Lee Friday …… Private property should NOT be subject to government heritage protection. It is morally wrong, and economically counterproductive. Continue reading →

Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property

March 4, 2020 – Lawrence W. Reed …… The first few years of Plymouth colony were fraught with hardship and hunger. Economics had a lot to do with it. Continue reading →

Abolish Government Schools

March 3, 2020 – Gor Mkrtchian …… Even if it’s true that some wouldn’t be able to afford schooling without government financial assistance, the idea that this necessitates the government creating and running its own schools is a glaring non sequitur. Continue reading →