Francis Fukuyama occupies a unique position in intellectual life. His 1992 book, The End of History and the Last Man, which notoriously proclaimed “Western liberal democracy as the final form of human ...
Excellence in most any interesting or worthy human undertaking requires years of discipline and training. To perform at the highest levels of sports, the arts, law, medicine, commerce, teaching, ...
While classical liberalism is preferable to socialism and interventionism, it is, at best, a halfway house to total freedom.
Black History Month, in the words of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, is "a powerful symbolic celebration" of "the important role of Black History in pursuit of ...
A draft of my chapter on "Land Use Regulation" for the forthcoming Routledge Handbook on Classical Liberalism (edited by Richard Epstein, Liya Palagashvili, and Mario Rizzo) is now available on SSRN.
Prominent YouTuber and political commentator Dave Rubin made it big as a man with a fascinating personal story. Now, with the publication of his new book, he wants to become the champion for an ...
In 1993, Karen Lehrman Bloch penned an essay in the September/October issue of Mother Jones titled, “Off Course,” in which she observed that women’s studies classes around the country were being ...
It’s safe to assume that the recently announced presidential debates will, as usual, be largely performative. Even so, throughout the year, ideas will be contested and debated (ad nauseum), as they ...
During the Trump administration, it seemed every Thanksgiving was an occasion for media outlets to run fretful stories by progressives about what to do when a "racist uncle" at the holiday dinner ...
D.J. Tice's commentary on simply traveling through the world, remaining in motion, struck a familiar chord with me ("The infinite elsewhere," Opinion Exchange, Nov. 25). It seemed like he was ...
The West is once again mobilizing to strengthen African democracy. The Ford, MacArthur, and Open Society foundations recently launched a $20 million West Africa Democracy Fund, a seemingly ...