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"When a government agency 'recommends' a policy, it’s akin to a recommendation from Tony Soprano; it is inevitably interpreted as a mandate, obeyed by state and federal agencies, health insurers, and even…

"Too many of us in this nation are willing to accept, even chuckle at, laws we know we’ll keep on breaking, confident the law will happen to someone else." ~ Laura Williams

America’s 30th president, Calvin Coolidge, is often referred to as “Silent Cal” but that’s in one sense a misnomer. Though he was typically taciturn at social events (dinners, receptions and the like), he still holds the…

"Intellectuals and officials arrogantly suppose that any contractual term or organizational arrangement that they cannot immediately understand as serving competition must therefore be devious exercises of monopoly power…

We’ve all been there. You post something online that you find interesting, perhaps an article you came across or a new idea you had. Someone responds in the comments section, and before you know it you’re neck deep in a good…

"The people of ancient Eshnunna can be forgiven for not understanding why setting the price of a kor of barley at a shekel of silver was a harmful policy. Today’s policymakers, who have the benefit of history and…

What would it take to once again make liberty “an idea whose time has come”? Or as Leonard Read put it, “What is it that the freedom philosophy most needs?” His answer was “several thousand creative thinkers, writers,…

"Now is not the time to 'retire the both-sides-ism trope.' It’s time that an anti-authoritarian coalition turns against affective polarization and the impulse to pick a team. It’s time we call out…