October 09, 2019
September 19, 2019
George Washington’s farewell address
On this date in 1796, near the end of his second term as president, George Washington published The Address of Gen. Washington to the People of America on His Declining the Presidency of the United States. Continue Reading...
September 17, 2019
Alejandro Chafuen in Forbes: The uncertainties of the Brexit debate
Acton’s own Alejandro Chafuen recently returned from a visit to England, and today in Forbes he offers a few of his impressions and analyses of the contentious Brexit process. The political machinations of the current situation are seemingly endless, but its ramifications are more than just political. Continue Reading...
September 11, 2019
Can a big bad state deliver us from evil?
August 28, 2019
Drucker on the ‘master organization’ and the totalitarian conceit
August 15, 2019
The EU shuts citizens out of abortion funding policy
When nations rejected the European Union out of fear it would not be accountable to EU citizens, politicians unveiled a new proposal: a citizens’ initiative known as the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). Continue Reading...
July 24, 2019
Explainer: What you should know about federal deficits
July 18, 2019
Minority views? Priceless
There’s something in our DNA to feel threatened by ideas that challenge our own.
History is haunted by tragic examples of the suppression of minority views, whether it be Athens killing Socrates (399 BC), the Roman Inquisition’s placing Galileo under house arrest for advocating heliocentrism (1632), Nazi book burning (1933), or the persecution of many thousands of academics during the Cultural Revolution (1966). Continue Reading...
July 16, 2019
Washington’s ‘Public Option’ meets economic realities
Sarah Kliff did some fine reporting on, ‘The Lessons of Washington State’s Watered Down ‘Public Option’’ for the New York Times last month,
For those who dream of universal health care, Washington State looks like a pioneer. Continue Reading...
July 01, 2019
Corruption’s consequences
Walmart agreed last month to a $282 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice, resolving charges of bribing foreign officials. While company leadership committed themselves to “acting ethically everywhere we operate,” reports indicate that Walmart allowed third parties in China, Mexico, India, and Brazil to make payments to government officials. Continue Reading...
