Racing Earnhardt

This is what American greatness looks like, and in our strange, chaotic, anger-filled world, Altman’s documentary is like an oasis.

Why Reagan Crushed the PATCO Strike

A new book demonstrates why Reagan made the decision he did and, in doing so, helps advance the current-day understanding of why Reagan was such a successful president.

The Reign of the Greenback

The dollar is the world's overwhelmingly dominant currency, but suffers from endemic consumer price inflation and recurring asset price inflation.

Dallin Oaks: From Legal Giant to Leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Oaks decided not to be “a lawyer who had been called as an apostle,” but rather “an apostle who used to be a lawyer.”

Don’t Choose Your Own Adventure: Understanding Middle-Class Earnings Trends

Measuring these trends is complicated, but the results of wage gains are encouraging.

The Tariff Debacle Is Renewed

Trump adopts a novel version of the “unitary executive” theory that allows him first to declare the emergency and then prescribe the remedy for it, all without either judicial oversight or Congressional authorization.

A Nobel Prize for Innovation, Dynamism, and Creative Destruction

The policy implications of this Nobel are clear. Governments cannot engineer innovation.

Don’t Choose Your Own Adventure: Understanding Middle-Class Earnings Trends

Measuring these trends is complicated, but the results of wage gains are encouraging.

The Tariff Debacle Is Renewed

Trump adopts a novel version of the “unitary executive” theory that allows him first to declare the emergency and then prescribe the remedy for it, all without either judicial oversight or Congressional authorization.

A Nobel Prize for Innovation, Dynamism, and Creative Destruction

The policy implications of this Nobel are clear. Governments cannot engineer innovation.

Trump Delivers Mixed Results on Health Reform

The willingness to embrace price controls and other forms of interventionism imperils the larger goals of healthcare reform.

The Betrayed Consumer

Public skepticism of “capitalism” will diminish only when citizens see large firms being disciplined through entry, exit, and consumer choice rather than political ties.

Obamacare Needs Life-Altering Surgery

If you think healthcare is expensive now, P.J. O’Rourke once quipped, just wait until it’s free.

Will State Courts Set National Climate Policy?

If the climate cases in Annapolis and Baltimore succeed, Marylanders will miss out on rate relief and a prominent role in AI innovation.

Jefferson's Complex Legacy on Slavery and Race

Jefferson helped ensure that our republic was well-founded, and for the push his works and deeds gave to the anti-slavery cause, we owe him a debt of gratitude.

That Elusive Gaza Solution

The long road to peace lies through the decisive Israeli wins that seemed ever so unlikely on the morning of October 8, 2023.

The Path to Civility

The path to civility is therefore paved with actions not taken, harm not done, and therefore fear not experienced.

Is Post-Liberalism a Real Remedy?

Pilkington's proposals are worthy, but the vital nerve of Enlightenment liberalism must needs be addressed.

The Wages of War and Punishment

Maintaining the distinction between war and crime enables the United States to address foreign threats while ensuring that war remains in its proper context.

Missile Defense Matters — So Does Explaining It

Golden Dome is not a silver bullet, but it represents a necessary evolution in U.S. missile defense policy.

The Masses and the Market

If liberalism is to recover, it must find a way to create the conditions for a better future.

Our Civilization Depends on Serious Universities

A serious university is devoutly to be wished for. Our civilization depends on it.

Regaining Our Principles and Institutions

What universities miss are the foundational, nonpartisan moral truths that separate civilization from barbarism.

It Begins With Courage

From coverage emerges the capacity to exercise all the virtues.

Truth and the University

To search for the good, to debate the good, and to proclaim the good is what the university’s aspiration should be, and nothing less.

The Telos of Free Speech and the University 

Even as our campuses function with the appearance of a legal system that treats all content equally, administrators are inevitably compelled to make moral judgments about speech.

Free Speech and Common Sense Need New Champions

We have significant work ahead of us to reform the rules of speech in higher education.

Speech on Campus Must Build the Academic Community

Disagreements at a college are not only inevitable, they are standard. But learning is not combat or any form of lobbying or demonstration.

Racing Earnhardt

This is what American greatness looks like, and in our strange, chaotic, anger-filled world, Altman’s documentary is like an oasis.

Dallin Oaks: From Legal Giant to Leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Oaks decided not to be “a lawyer who had been called as an apostle,” but rather “an apostle who used to be a lawyer.”

Conversion by Inches?

On Charles Murray's fides et ratio.

The Philosophy of Jacques Maritain — A Long-Awaited Introduction

Jason West’s excellent introduction to Jacques Maritain’s philosophy should draw new disciples to Maritain at a time when his thought is needed most.

Did Leo Strauss Get Religion?

Scholars and thinkers, East and West, have found that Leo Strauss offers intellectual insights and resources unavailable elsewhere.

Pascal's Diagnosis of the Modern Soul

You are alive, you must die, therefore the urgent thing is to decide what life is worth living.

Congress Should Make Special Education Choice a Legislative Priority