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September 11, 2025
** EDUCATION
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** Dog-Eat-Dog Statism for Special-Needs Families
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What happens when special-needs services are rationed by politics instead of created by entrepreneurship? This personal essay recounts a run-in with Sacramento’s incentives—where “advocacy” means fighting over a fixed pie—and makes the case for letting alternatives flourish so families aren’t forced into a dog-eat-dog game.
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PHILOSOPHY
** The American Welfare System Is a Disaster Zone of Perverse Incentives
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Welfare should help people escape poverty—not trap them with perverse incentives and a benefits cliff. Drawing on ancient principles—work, giving, moral proximity, and subsidiarity—this piece argues for local, relational support alongside the real engine of mobility: growth and productivity.
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REGULATION
** Deregulate Medical Licensing
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Do stricter licenses always mean safer care? New evidence says universal licensing recognition (ULR) improved access and reduced cost barriers—particularly for patients 45–64. When doctors can move to meet demand, patients benefit. All policies have trade-offs, but results are what matter.
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ARTICLE HIGHLIGHT
** Can a Privacy-Based Ecosystem Unlock the Self-Governed Mind?
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From Bitcoin to Venice AI: Erik Voorhees pushes a privacy-first, censorship-resistant path to self-governed intelligence.
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