Andrew Stuttaford explains at National Review Online why Great Britain is unlikely to benefit from its newest leader. Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester, has become the Labour…
Michael Strain responds to a recent narrative about the downside of American affluence. In [Brink] Lindsey’s telling, individuals in rich democracies are overweight, addicted to their phones, and have declining…
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online ponders the power of America’s 44th president. The one time since leaving office that Barack Obama has felt strongly about the direction of the…
Glenn Hubbard writes in National Affairs about an opportunity for free-market supporters to capitalize on President Biden’s failures. The advent of “Bidenomics” has resurrected decades-old debates about the merits of…
Editors at Issues and Insights ponder the political Left’s attacks on a presidential candidate whose political views stray well left of center. You just can’t make these things up. The…
Mark Hemingway of the Federalist tackles the clash between President Trump and the Washington establishment. For some time, I have been trying to articulate a specific idea about how various…
That’s the title of an interesting EconLog post by Scott Sumner. Here’s how it starts: The neoliberal policy revolution that began in the late 1970s might be the most important…
Phillip Magness writes for the Martin Center about a recent claim involving an ideological shift in higher education. One of the most peculiar claims to gain currency in higher education…
Friday was the anniversary of an important but little known event. The Adam Smith Institute’s Madsen Pirie tells the story: Forty years ago, in 1978, 18 farmers from the village…
Steven Hayward explains in a Power Line blog entry why he’s willing to reassess his initial impression of France’s president. I’ve been highly suspicious of Emmanuel Macron, France’s youngish, posterboy…
Victor Davis Hanson explains at National Review Online that the 2016 presidential race has the prospect of generating long-term shifts in American political coalitions. Will the old neoconservatives/new neoliberals who…
Robert Tracinski explains in a column for The Federalist website why Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel shouldn’t be the only one worrying about his failure to avoid a runoff in his…