The Courage of Justice Thomas
Courage was the theme of Justice Clarence Thomas’s recent, profound speech at the University of Texas.
“Silent Clarence” Meets “Silent Cal”
The deepest parallel between Coolidge’s speech and Thomas’s is the exact point that agitates today’s Progressives: our inalienable rights and human equality are God’s gift, rather than government’s.
Justice Thomas’s Bulwark of Liberty
Woodrow Wilson’s disdain for natural rights and separation of powers is a stain on our history.
Justice Thomas’s House Divided Speech
Justice Clarence Thomas may stand right now as our most Preeminent Public Man.
Justice Thomas Teaches About the Declaration and Its Opponents
Woodrow Wilson repudiated the Founding’s republican principles, conceding that the Progressives’ version of democracy was more akin to socialism.
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Is Economics a Failure?
Rather than ending with “economics is broken,” Alexander Rosenberg’s deliberately provocative book 'Blunt Instrument' argues that “economics is useful for a different reason than economists often say.” That is a serious and worthwhile thesis.
Locke, Meet Claude
The concern is not regulation per se. It is a regulation that outruns its justification by arriving before the evidence, foreclosing the technology before its benefits are understood, and insulating the powerful from competition that would otherwise discipline them. That is the pattern worth resisting.
Is There Anything New Under the AI Sun?
OpenAI needs to build on the successes of open markets and turn away from regulation, taxation, and cartelization.
The Partisan Tax Divide Cuts Deeper Than You Think
Long-term stability demands that states prioritize core government functions, impose fiscal discipline, and reduce dependence on federal transfers.
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Lina Khan’s Continued Influence on the FTC
Consumer welfare and the U.S. business climate are especially subject to the blows dealt at the FTC.
The Cuba Play
Cuba, in relation to China and Russia, poses a threat due to the risk of weapons deployment or strategic positioning in the event of an attack on the US homeland.
The Iran War and the Coming Global Struggle
The United States is growing more risk-tolerant, more willing to accept regional instability as a strategic tool, and deliberately positioning itself for the far greater challenge of confronting China in the coming decades.
Postliberalism’s Hungary Gambit Failed
With Viktor Orbán’s party losing power in Hungary and postliberals at odds with the Trump administration over the Iran War, postliberalism looks bound to fail.
Congress Should Not Exempt Medicare from Budget Scrutiny
When Congress is forced to get serious about deficit cutting again, Medicare should be at the top of the list of programs receiving a thorough review.
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The Courage of Justice Thomas
Courage was the theme of Justice Clarence Thomas’s recent, profound speech at the University of Texas.
“Silent Clarence” Meets “Silent Cal”
The deepest parallel between Coolidge’s speech and Thomas’s is the exact point that agitates today’s Progressives: our inalienable rights and human equality are God’s gift, rather than government’s.
Justice Thomas’s Bulwark of Liberty
Woodrow Wilson’s disdain for natural rights and separation of powers is a stain on our history.
Justice Thomas’s House Divided Speech
Justice Clarence Thomas may stand right now as our most Preeminent Public Man.
Justice Thomas Teaches About the Declaration and Its Opponents
Woodrow Wilson repudiated the Founding’s republican principles, conceding that the Progressives’ version of democracy was more akin to socialism.
“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."
Welcome to the Manosphere
What counter-programming might resonate, reaching young men with the message that unhealthy conspiracism and cartoonish machismo need not be a part of a healthy striver mentality?
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