Wendy McElroy
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Feature
Hiding the Unemployed: Disability and the Politics of Stats
APRIL 11, 2013 by WENDY MCELROY
The unemployment rate is exactly the kind of statistic whose meaning relies on the political context as much as or more than the reality it's meant to reflect.
Feature
EEOC to Employers: Hire Criminals or Be Sued
MARCH 13, 2013 by WENDY MCELROY
Using a criminal background check to screen potential new hires can get you sued. That's because minorities have born the brunt of bad laws, particularly drug laws. Bad laws, and not potential employers, should be the focus of equal-opportunity lawsuits.
America’s Food-for-Votes Program
FEBRUARY 18, 2013 by WENDY MCELROY
Why is the government trying to make more people dependent on it for their food?
Book Review
Ladies for Liberty: Women Who Made a Difference in American History
DECEMBER 10, 2012 by WENDY MCELROY
A review of John Blundell's Ladies for Liberty.
Book Review
New Threats to Freedom: From Banning Ice Cream Trucks in Brooklyn to Abandoning Democracy Around the World
JANUARY 04, 2012 by WENDY MCELROY
The Free Life
Vivien Kellems: Giving the Taxman Hell
She wouldn't be pushed around.
JANUARY 03, 2012 by WENDY MCELROY
If principles are expressed through people, then Vivien Kellems's life shouts out that business is not the handmaiden of government.
The Free Life
Economic Independence: Bedrock of Freedom
A room of one's own.
DECEMBER 20, 2011 by WENDY MCELROY
Economic independence is the bedrock of all other freedoms.
The Free Life
Destroying Childhood to Save Children
Unintended consequences.
DECEMBER 06, 2011 by WENDY MCELROY
Laws that mandate the reporting of any suspicious contact with children will result in a dramatic increase in false or malicious accounts that harm innocent people.
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