May 2, 2019

Are Democracy and Equality Compatible?

I'm beginning to wonder about our ability to maintain democracy in the U.S. in the face of ever-rising demands for more equality. My despair was brought into focus by a recent Tablet article in which author Bryan Garsten explains why Tocquevil...

April 18, 2019

If Entrepreneurs 'Didn't Build That,' Who Did?

As we slouch toward another election season, capitalism once again finds itself under attack.  Democratic presidential candidates are caught between an unspeakable truth — that capitalism is the greatest poverty-eradicating invention ...

May 12, 2012

Forward. Just, well...Forward!

If Marxist rhetoric were outlawed from today's political discourse, many progressives would be rendered mute.  Consider President Obama's recently unveiled 2012 election slogan, "Forward!," which has a clear consonance with socialist ideologies ...

April 5, 2012

Why Broccoli Matters

Many supporters of ObamaCare fatuously dismiss what broccoli has done to raise doubt about the wisdom of the individual mandate to purchase health insurance and, more broadly, the limits of the law.  This might be due in part to Justice Antonin ...