The United States is most economically prosperous when politicians and policy elites fully embrace free market capitalism, which includes free trade on a level playing field. Make America Great Again, MAGA, remains the trademark slogan of former President Donald Trump as he campaigns to be elected President. But some of the economic policies proposed by […]

Sometimes we miss the important thing because we are looking for something else. That’s certainly the case with an important Supreme Court action taken earlier this week.  The justices responded to litigation related to Idaho’s law, passed in 2023, known as the “Vulnerable Child Protection Act.” This statute regulated medical actions taken on children to […]

In the late 1980s, Jesse Jackson famously led a bunch of Stanford students in a march, shouting, “Hey hey, ho ho, Western Civ has got to go!” Universities broadly complied, hollowing out core course requirements in Western Civilization.  The result has been an understandable lament on the Right that our universities have no moral core […]

The NCAA women’s basketball championship game on April 7 between Iowa and South Carolina had a massive audience. This was due in no small part to Caitlin Clark, a uniquely talented player for the Hawkeyes. Clark has been a star for a while but national interest in her took off this year.  According to reports, the game […]

The first moments of an interview with a major political figure are always surreal. The familiarity of the subject’s voice cuts against the novelty of engaging with someone for the first time. It is disorienting, to say the least.  This was the case when I spoke with the late Sen. Joseph Lieberman in early March.  […]