Opinion & Commentary

Straight from DPRK: Traveling to NK: Brave or Crazy?

By Doug Bandow. The Korean Times. July 21, 2017.

Some in Congress want to ban travel to the North. But a free society should protect the liberty to travel and explore.

Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates Pay High Price for Botched Attack on Qatar

By Doug Bandow. Forbes. July 20, 2017.

Riyadh and Dubai have sown the wind. Now they will reap the whirlwind.

Criminal Justice on a Hunch

By Jonathan Blanks. Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. July 19, 2017.

In too many cases, calling civil asset forfeiture “highway robbery” is not hyperbole, and Jeff Sessions just made it worse.

Why You Shouldn’t Knock ‘Sweatshops’ If You Care about Women’s Empowerment

By Chelsea Follett. The Federalist. July 19, 2017.

Today, across the developing world, factory work continues to serve as a path out of poverty and an escape from agricultural drudgery, with particular benefits for women seeking economic independence.

Unintended Impacts of Regulations on the Quality of Schooling Options

By Corey A. DeAngelis. Education Next. July 19, 2017.

These findings strongly suggest that more onerous regulations are more likely to drive away better schools.

Let Americans Go to North Korea

By Doug Bandow. American Conservative. July 19, 2017.

If Pyongyang simply wants victims, banning tourists might encourage the North Koreans to look for additional reasons to jail other visitors.

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