View on sin taxes and beer tax reform debates
The piece argues that sin taxes raise revenue more than moral aims, tracing history from the Whiskey Rebellion to today. It contends beer taxes remain unjustly treated as luxury levies, urging Congress to roll back the beer tax and oppose government paternalism in taxing legal behavior.
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Doctors Front Line Against Patients Bill Of Rights
Cal Thomas argues in a syndicated column that the Patients Bill of Rights would push government overreach and trigger more lawsuits. He quotes a physician who says managed care can deny payments but not care, urging restoration of doctor autonomy and market-based solutions.
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Racial profiling in publishing and bookselling critiqued
Thomas Lowell argues publishers and bookstores practice racial profiling by shelving black authors in African American sections or misplacing works by color and subject. He cites his own books Migrations and Cultures and Basic Economics, notes from Ward Connerly, and contrasts with mainstream outlets, urging readers to seek books by topic and author regardless of race.
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University of California
Ward Connerly
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Amsterdam News
Wall Street Journal
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