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December 29, 2023A classically liberal society needs a degree of social cohesion. When the polity seems chaotic, citizens will become more likely to be seduced by illiberal ideas that promise quick...
November 10, 2023Cross a brilliant, but autistic young man with one of the new religions of modernity, and you get a financial implosion. FTX’s bankruptcy was, of course, a scandal in the world...
October 26, 2023The following is a condensed version of "Public Enemy Number One?" by John O. McGinnis, published at Law & Liberty. Elon Musk’s brilliant career was made by possible by...
October 16, 2023Elon Musk’s brilliant career was made possible by three things: his relentless genius, America’s openness to foreign-born talents, and the dynamism of capitalism. Walter...
September 29, 2023Some of the most vehement intellectual opponents of originalism have been historians. The reasons for this disagreement are several. One is that lawyers and historians have different...
August 25, 2023Twelve military generals have been elected President. Five party leaders in Congress have ascended to the chief magistracy. But only one President has been both. Only one has...
June 2, 2023In his recent congressional testimony, Sam Altman, the CEO of the company that created ChatGPT, called for the establishment of a new government agency to regulate artificial...
April 25, 2023The following is a condensed version of "A Child's Primer for Liberty" by John O. McGinnis, published at Law & Liberty. Of all the books my wife and I have read to our now...
January 27, 2023ChatGPT has become ubiquitous. My first faculty meeting this semester considered the problem of law students using the technology to provide answers to exam questions or writing...
January 13, 2023Sam Adams is the forgotten man of the Revolution, now known more for giving his name to a beer than for his contributions to creating America. In her beautifully written new...
