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According to a new poll conducted by Stand Together Trust and Real Clear, Americans do not think that the Iraq War has made the United States safer, nor do they think the Middle East is more stable.

After working at the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a criminal appellate lawyer for the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office, Julie Warren is devoted to improving the system for everyone—from parolees to police.

Jail time or Jenny Craig? Prison is an unusual way to lose weight, but Coss Marte made it work, going from fat to fit to financial success—and providing jobs for other ex-convicts.

Last week, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) unanimously voted to censure the University of Missouri for how it handled the firing of Melissa Click. Click, formerly a communications professor at the University of Missouri, received national attention when she was recorded asking for “muscle” to prevent a student journalist from covering a campus […]

In response to the arrest of an Illinois man who burned a flag earlier this month, David Mercer examines how many flag burning laws still exist. According to his article in The Associated Press, at least 40 states still have laws banning flag burning. However, U.S. Supreme Court cases in 1989 and 1990 established that burning […]

According to a new report by the Florida branch of TaxWatch, employment is critical for reducing recidivism and keeping restored citizens from returning to prison. Florida’s over incarceration problem has cost its taxpayers billions of dollars. Also, according to William Patrick at Florida Watchdog, the state currently has around 100,000 prisoners—the third highest amount among […]

Critics of free markets tend to mistakenly conflate a “pro-business” position with a pro-market one. In fact, the two positions are quite different.

The share of workers licensed at the state level has increased five-fold since the 1950s, and, currently, a full third of U.S. jobs require a license. What, if any, benefits do we gain from placing these burdens of occupational licensing on individuals?

We’re counting down the days to Super Bowl 50, but we’d be more excited if we weren’t paying so much for the NFL’s stadium welfare. While the Panthers’ and Broncos’ on-field achievements deserve to be celebrated, taxpayers should not have to carry so much of the financial burden—especially since the NFL is rolling in revenue.

Karith Foster travels the country talking about free speech, respect, and everything in between. And she makes people laugh while she’s doing it.