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Minimum Wage Rises May Prompt Firms to Switch to Zero-Hours Jobs

By Ryan Bourne. UK Telegraph. February 21, 2019.

Zero-hours contracts (ZHCs) have become the totemic issue in the debate about labour market regulation.

How NATO Pushed the U.S. Into the Libya Fiasco

By Ted Galen Carpenter. The American Conservative. February 21, 2019.

Obama officials reveal how relentlessly our ‘allies’ lobbied for this ill-advised regime change war.

Trump Treats Iraq like a Conquered Province

By Doug Bandow. American Conservative. February 21, 2019.

He recognizes the folly of staying in Syria and Afghanistan forever. So why is Baghdad the exception?

War Weary: Why Washington Needs to Bring Its Troops Home

By Doug Bandow. National Interest (Online). February 21, 2019.

The lessons from America’s recent decades of intervention and war have not been pretty.

50 Year After Landmark Ruling, Public Schools Still Struggle Mightily with Speech

By Neal McCluskey. Forbes.com. February 21, 2019.

Within the Tinker ruling, the irresolvable conflict in public schooling is laid bare: government must not curb free expression-see the First Amendment-but public schools, which are government institutions, sometimes must fetter speech to effectively educate.

The US Started This Tit-for-tat

By John Glaser. USA Today (Online). February 20, 2019.

Washington tends to inflate the threat from Moscow, while simultaneously ignoring U.S. policies that exacerbate tensions.

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