Bobby Panzenbeck Joins The Lafayette Company as Vice President

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Lafayette Company announced today the addition of Bobby Panzenbeck as Vice President, Client Services, effective July 1, 2023. Bobby will serve The Lafayette Company’s growing portfolio of clients, as well as manage the firm’s business development efforts. “We are thrilled that Bobby Panzenbeck is joining The Lafayette Company,” Founder and President … Continued

National Review: Worried about Student-Loan Debt? Start Firing Administrators

According to U.S. News and World Report, the average tuition and fees at ranked colleges for the 2021–22 academic year were $10,338 for in-state public schools, $22,698 for out-of-state public schools, and $38,185 for private schools. With no-questions-asked access to educational loans, it’s no surprise that U.S. student-loan debt topped $1.75 trillion last month. The … Continued

National Review: Huey Long Was Wrong

Nearly a century after his death, the Kingfish is making a comeback. Fans of the late Louisiana politician Huey P. Long can be found across the partisan divide, with populist conservatives and socialist Democrats embracing his message of economic equality under the banner of “Every man a king.”

National Review: The Inhumanity of Joe Biden’s Travel Ban

In January 2021, my husband and I happily welcomed our first child. While no one could foresee just how many challenges and sacrifices would be required of pregnancy and birth during a pandemic, we certainly didn’t anticipate how long they’d last after she was born. Our heartache was not borne of the virus itself, but instead … Continued

Newsletter: Break out the Party Horns!

Break out the party horns, because today is our sixth birthday! To commemorate the occasion, we are pleased to announce the launch of our brand-new website, designed by John Ekdahl and Charles Cooke at Astroluxe Innovations and with Jim Gianiny at Veritas Solutions. Take a look around, and please let us know what you think! Since founding The Lafayette … Continued

Reason Magazine: Victim-Blaming During a Pandemic Doesn’t Make People Safer

As National Review’s Ellen Carmichael* pointed out, “In no other health circumstance would such brutality toward the afflicted be tolerated. We do not deem individuals who become sick by engaging in known ‘risky behaviors’—unsafe sex, abuse of alcohol, drug use, poor diet, smoking, dangerous driving—as deserving of pain and misery