Harvey Mansfield, Radical

For many academics, students are mere tools to advance an agenda. Mansfield, however, is part of an older tradition that cares for their souls.

Does Amtrak Really Need Airport-Level Security?: A Response to Jonathan Hartley

Amtrak is not uniquely vulnerable to security threats, certainly not because of how far its trains travel.

The Contested Legacy of Keynes’ 'General Theory'

Nearly a century after the publication of 'The General Theory,' debates over Keynes’ legacy continue to influence modern economic debate.

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?

AI Governance by Phone Call

Edmund Phelps: Economist of Values

Edmund Phelps was rooted in an older tradition of economics, that of political economy, than perhaps even he recognized.

The Contested Legacy of Keynes’ 'General Theory'

Nearly a century after the publication of 'The General Theory,' debates over Keynes’ legacy continue to influence modern economic debate.

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.

Lives Entwined in the Great Stock Market Collapse

It is highly unlikely that we in the present are any smarter than the characters caught in the great drama of a century ago.

The Keynes Symposium

Assessing Keynes' General Theory on Employment, Interest, and Money at 90.

AI Governance by Phone Call

The Rebooted Animal Farm’s New Villain: Capitalism

We have a generational struggle ahead of us again if we are to defend the cause of freedom from tyranny. 

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.

The Demons in Democracy

There is no guarantee for our Republic’s survival.

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.

The Supreme Court Was Right to Ban Race-Based Gerrymandering

Citizens should be represented in their government as individuals, rather than as members of pre-selected groups based on race or ethnicity. ​

One Toke Over the Line

Blanche exceeded the statutory authority he has under the Controlled Substances Act.

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?

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.

Why Humans Aren’t Clever Chimps

Why has primatology pushed the human-chimp connection?

“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.