New Rules for Hemp Extract in Utah: HB105 Implementation
The Controlled Substance Advisory Committee in Utah recently discussed regulatory implementation of the bill allowing the use of hemp extract for persons with intractable epilepsy. Libertas Institute was in attendance to hear...
The Price of Higher Ed
Thousands of newly-minted graduates will proudly parade in front of beaming family and friends to receive their college diplomas in the coming few weeks. Parents will cheer as their children attain the degrees that parents worked...
Playing Chicken with Property Rights
“The great and chief end, therefore, of men’s uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property”—John Locke, Second Treatise of Civil Government Last night the City...
Selling Our Birthright for a Mess of Pottage
The following op-ed by our president Connor Boyack was published in today’s Standard Examiner. If you remember your Bible stories, you’ll recall Esau and Jacob, the twin sons of Isaac and grandsons of Abraham. By being born...
Fighting Today’s Battles: Protecting Property Rights in Commerce
Through the First Freedom PAC, Jonathan Johnson has been promoting an amendment to state constitutions, including Utah’s, to legally protect a church’s ability to only marry who its clergy desires to, in accordance...
This Thanksgiving, Be Grateful For the Free Market
As the annual tradition of Thanksgiving leads us to once more gather with family and friends to share experiences and express gratitude for our possessions and circumstances, it’s important to recognize the central role...