Category Archives: Freedom

Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on a state House vote approving a scaled-back bill to study North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law. John Hood’s Daily Journal calls for a series of “Teachable Tuesdays” to discuss free speech in a constitutional republic.

Months ago I wrote a piece entitled “Cherish the many things in life above politics.” In it I talked about friendships across political aisles, artistry, excellence, and other enjoyments in life worth cherishing. A snippet: As Fish perceives, there are more important things to life than politics. Breaking bread with friends is one of theContinue Reading

Steven Greenhut helps Reason readers put the debates about the California and Texas economies in proper perspective. In California, Democrats control every state constitutional office and have an iron grip on the Legislature, where they always propose new regulations and seek new ways to secure additional tax revenues. In Texas, Republicans are dominant and Gov.Continue Reading

You might remember a December 2012 presentation to the John Locke Foundation and Federalist Society on ObamaCare’s threat to religious freedom. Attacks against religious freedom also attract the attention of First Things editor R.R. Reno in the latest issue of Hillsdale College’s Imprimis. Here we come to the unifying feature of contemporary challenges to religiousContinue Reading

Regardless of whether you supported or opposed the Marriage Amendment, it is important to assess the legal, political, and social consequences of its passage.  E. Gregory Wallace of the Campbell University School of Law begins that process with his recently published working paper,”The Sky Didn’t Fall: The Meaning and Legal Effects of the North CarolinaContinue Reading

In response to your post, George, I’d like to pull up a comment of mine a while back: Socialists “spread the wealth” the way pickup trucks spread ‘possums. They never, ever understand the idea that wealth is dynamic, that it can be created or destroyed, and that freedom allows its creation, while redistributory statism leadsContinue Reading

If the hairs on the back of your neck stand up when you read about Tulane University professor and MSNBC commentator Melissa Harris-Perry, who wants to replace a “private notion of children” with a “collective notion” of child-rearing, you’ll appreciate the latest National Review article from Kevin D. Williamson. Williamson compares Harris-Perry to Star Trek’sContinue Reading

If you enjoyed John Hood’s column this morning contrasting political quarrels with arguments, you might want to add Thomas Sowell‘s latest column to your reading list. It is always amazing how many serious issues are not discussed seriously, but, instead, people simply generate assertions and counter-assertions. On television talk shows, people on opposite sides oftenContinue Reading