Economic Freedom

Nurse Forced to Pay $50,000 State Fee

It is a special kind of science: the science of helping someone get well. Some doctors approach it with a sniper’s precision, zeroing in...

Feeding the Homeless

On a gray afternoon at the train station in Newark, New Jersey, a dozen homeless men and women were panhandling when a large man entered the station without any luggage.

The MMA Fighter Who Loves the Constitution

I’ve never been athletic. My only team sports experience was the crucial role of waterboy for my high school rugby team. A few years...

A Surfer Caught Inside a Legal Nightmare

When a surfer gets trapped between an incoming wave and the shore, it’s said he’s been “caught inside.” Surfers dread being caught inside. You...

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