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Empty Threats And Warnings On Cyber

by Jack Goldsmithvia Lawfare
Monday, July 12, 2021

On July 9, President Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States will take “any necessary action,” including imposing unspecified “consequences,” if Russia does not disrupt ransomware attacks from its soil. 

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Trump V. Big Tech

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Defining Ideas
Monday, July 12, 2021

Does the First Amendment insulate all claims against private parties?

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America's Long-Running Conversation About Race And Justice

by Peter Berkowitzvia Real Clear Politics
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

For more than a half century, popular culture, public policy, law, and universities in the United States have wrestled openly with questions of race and justice. Yet today’s progressives demand that schools, universities, corporations, and the federal government institute aggressive new curricula, training, and protocols because, according to them, the nation has scarcely begun to address the poisonous legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. 

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Rossi-Hansberg On The Effects Of A Carbon Tax

by John H. Cochranevia The Grumpy Economist
Monday, July 12, 2021

I was inspired to think again about climate economics from Esteban Rossi-Habnsberg's excellent presentation at the  Hoover Economic Policy Working Group.

Analysis and Commentary
Analysis and Commentary

While Survey Shows Californians Would Prefer Life Elsewhere, Media Report California Doing Just Fine

by Lee Ohanianvia California on Your Mind
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Virtually every major California media source reported last week that a new UC San Diego study concludes that there is no California exodus, and that most Californians are happy and believe the “California Dream” remains in reach for them and their children.  

Analysis and Commentary

Eeyore ’s Corner: From Hippies To Yuppies To Our Puppies

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Victor Davis Hanson's Private Papers
Saturday, July 10, 2021

The grandchildren of the hippies and the children of the Yuppies? They are a different, a hybrid bunch altogether.

Analysis and Commentary

Why Islamism Became Woke

by Ayaan Hirsi Alivia UnHerd
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Extremists are using progressive rhetoric to fool the West

Analysis and Commentary

Winning The War Or Spinning The War?

by Barry Straussvia Military History in the News
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Who won the recent war or, as some would call it, mini-war between Hamas and Israel that lasted for eleven days this past May? It depends whom you ask.

In the News
In the News

Will A Global Corporate Tax Rate End The Practice Of Shifting Profits To Low Tax Jurisdictions?

quoting Caroline M. Hoxby, Kenneth L. Juddvia The London School of Economics and Political Science
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

A survey of European and US economists explores their views on some of the issues surrounding the global deal on corporate taxes: the impact of a global minimum rate on investment, profit-shifting and low-tax jurisdictions; whether a stable international tax system that includes a global minimum rate can be achieved; and a potential move from levying taxes based on where firms’ headquarters and production are located to where they make their sales.