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A Warning to Quorum Breakers
If absence goes on long enough, there may be serious consequences—including removal from office.
Arthur Brooks’ Pursuit of Happiness
'The Meaning of Your Life' centers on a simple question that extends far beyond the liberal/conservative divide. Why are some people happy, and others unhappy?
Edmund Phelps: Economist of Values
Edmund Phelps was rooted in an older tradition of economics, that of political economy, than perhaps even he recognized.
AI Vulnerability Can Spur Tech Progress
Until recently, finding software vulnerabilities, especially in applications where the source code is unavailable, was the province of a tiny, elite group of reverse engineers.
Why Historians Have Abandoned the Presidency—And Why It Matters
The embrace of new presidential history by historians will be a bellwether of their future fortunes in the civics-focused era in higher education and among the disoriented, yet information-hungry American public.
Edmund Phelps: Economist of Values
Edmund Phelps was rooted in an older tradition of economics, that of political economy, than perhaps even he recognized.
AI Vulnerability Can Spur Tech Progress
Until recently, finding software vulnerabilities, especially in applications where the source code is unavailable, was the province of a tiny, elite group of reverse engineers.
The Beginning of the Warsh Fed Era
The Warsh Fed likely will not resemble the activist Bernanke-Yellen-Powell central bank of the recent past.
Proxy Advisors Vote “No” on Texas
The problem for the proxy advisory firms is that the corporate march to the Lone Star State won’t end with Exxon.
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The Future of ESG and DEI
Though things will likely not become as radical as the Covid hysteria of 2020 and 2021, there is still plenty of institutional “muscle memory” for ESG that will make its re-emergence all too easy.
Mamdani’s Baseless Invocation of International Law
The entire left-wing establishment is completely defenseless against Mamdani’s invocations of international law and the vague insinuation that Zionist Jews are doing something wrong.
Losing—and Recovering—Our Religion
America's flagship universities are producing graduates who cannot comprehend their own civilization.
A Permission Structure for Violence
It is not enough to personally eschew violence. As a society, we must condemn and punish it as well, wherever it comes.
When Can a Crass Political Remark Be Deemed an Indictable “Threat of Violence”?
What is an indictable “threat of violence”?
Struck By Lightning Fifty Years Later: The Court’s Broken Promise on the Death Penalty
The Supreme Court has become the source of the very arbitrariness it set out to eliminate.
The Curse of 'Penn Central'
A Supreme Court that has undone Roe v. Wade and Chevron should be willing to remove the curse of Penn Central.
What Happiness Ought We Pursue? Natural Rights and the Declaration of Independence
Freedom points beyond itself to a moral life of deliberate conformity to the moral laws of nature and the will of God.
Pursuing the Right to the Pursuit of Happiness in the Twenty-First Century
The Declaration is not a historical argument — it is a philosophical one, a claim about what human nature requires, not merely about what was once practiced or understood.
Why Historians Have Abandoned the Presidency—And Why It Matters
The embrace of new presidential history by historians will be a bellwether of their future fortunes in the civics-focused era in higher education and among the disoriented, yet information-hungry American public.
'Pluribus' Is About More Than 'the Warmth of Collectivism'
In 'Pluribus,' Apple’s most-viewed drama, the integrity of the individual is the central theme.
“Project Hail Mary’s” Success: A Story You Can Believe In
The film features a weak, defeated man who turns from a coward to a hero, from selfishness to sacrifice, and from loneliness to friendship.
Is America Good Enough for Wendell Berry?
Genuine traditions and stories can prevent their inheritors from recklessly chasing the future simply because it’s the next thing.
Rediscovering History as the Story of Liberty
History can be a way to center ourselves today and renew the institutions and beliefs that are central to that history and its legacy.
James Q. Wilson and the Crisis of Our Time
"When we profess to believe in deterrence and to value justice, but refuse to spend the energy and money required to produce either, we are sending a clear signal that we think that safe streets, unlike all other great public goods, can be had on the cheap."
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