Education
Martin Center column describes a ‘war against normal’
Sumantra Maitra writes for the Martin Center about a disturbing trend in academia. A question of power is at the heart of the new and interesting book by Helen Pluckrose…
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Law & Public Safety
Hard to Believe She Taught Law at Harvard
Here’s Walter Olson’s description of Elizabeth Warren’s latest proposal: Presidential candidate and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) wants to see more business people behind bars, and she’s not fussy about how…
Law & Public Safety
Supreme Court blocks states from issuing excessive fines
Fans of the Eighth Amendment’s ban against excessive fines now have explicit protection from overreaching state governments. Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute explains. It’s gratifying that the Supreme Court…
Liberty
The left’s bullying threatens the republic
The fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s U.S. Supreme Court nomination has ended, but Jay Cost of National Review Online assesses potential long-term damage. The right to assemble and petition the government…
Liberty
Atticus Finch must have been wrong
Rich Lowry of National Review Online points out that one of American literature’s most beloved characters would run afoul of today’s politically correct crowd. It’s time for To Kill a…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The Restoration of Community in an Age of Anxiety
The year 1776 was the high watermark of the Enlightenment. Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations, and Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Both works were grounded in…
Liberty
This Little Piggy Went to Court, Continued
Last week, the Independent reported that: In a landmark decision, the jury ruling on the first of twenty-six nuisance cases against pork-producer Murphy-Brown LLC awarded the plaintiffs damages of more…
Liberty
Ignorance in High Places
In a recent Washington Post article, Aaron Blake discusses “the liberal Trump outrage machine” and its absurd reaction to Jeff Sessions’ use of the phrase “Anglo-American” in a recent speech…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
This Little Piggy Went to Court
Pigs have many virtues, but smelling good isn’t one of them. If fact, they—or, more accurately, their waste products—smell bad. As a result, pigs have played—and in North Carolina, they…
Liberty
Trump and the history of ‘court versus country’
Michael Knox Beran uses a National Review Online column to place President Trump in historical perspective. President Trump looked out over the Mall last week and declared: “For too long,…
Law & Public Safety
Still Effective After 800 Years
View in your browser. In a recent piece in the New York Times, University of Chicago law professor Tom Ginsburg urges us to "Stop Revering Magna Carta." Ginsburg tries to…
Law & Public Safety
North Carolina Gets High Marks for Its Asset Forfeiture Policy
View in your browser. A new report from FeedomWorks gives North Carolina’s asset forfeiture program an A-, the second highest score in the country. In explaining North Carolina’s high score, the report…