President Donald Trump delivered the 2020 State of the Union address on Tuesday night, the ninety-seventh to be given in person and the third of his presidency. In addition to touting a booming economy and highlighting the heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen and other groundbreaking Americans, the president attacked socialism, in the U.S. Continue Reading...
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February 05, 2020
Acton Institute ranks among world’s best in 2019 think tank report
A report on the global impact of think tanks has ranked the Acton Institute among the world’s most influential thought leaders.
The University of Pennsylvania released its “2019 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report” last Friday. Continue Reading...
February 04, 2020
Sir Roger Scruton was a fearless ‘Knight of the West’
The late Sir Roger Scruton has been given many titles since his death on January 12. He’s been hailed as the “greatest conservative thinker of our age,” Britain’s “intellectual dissident” and beauty’s best modern defender. Continue Reading...
February 03, 2020
Catholics and classical liberals, yesterday and today
In many countries, debates we had 40 years ago are starting to be rehashed: can one be both a Catholic and a classical liberal?
It’s good to remember some of the arguments that liberal Catholics used then to justify their positions. Continue Reading...
February 03, 2020
Law & Liberty forum helps break down free markets versus economic nationalism debate
Since 2015, I have spent more time than I could ever have imagined debating the issue of whether free markets are more optimal for the United States (or any other country) than the various policies usually grouped together under the phrase “economic nationalism.” Continue Reading...
February 03, 2020
Samuel Gregg: ‘Economic nationalism will not make America great again’
In early January, Samuel Gregg explained at Law & Liberty how economic policies driven by nationalist protectionism have, in many cases, eventually resulted in economic loss. Generally, protectionist policies are implemented in order to protect workers and industries, however, they also have the effect of throwing market incentives off balance. Continue Reading...
February 03, 2020
Warren wants to stop Russia from spreading disinformation, like she does
Today is the Iowa caucuses. For Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), it may be a campaign-defining day. Her support has been waning in the polls in what should be one of her strongest states. Continue Reading...
January 31, 2020
Brexit restores the UK’s national character
After a bitter, three-and-a-half year political battle, the UK will leave the European Union at 11 p.m. on Friday, January 31, 2020. Brexit returns control of British political institutions, immigration laws, regulatory standards, and free trade policies to its citizens. Continue Reading...
January 31, 2020
Alejandro Chafuen in Forbes: Impeachment and markets
In an essay entitled “Passions, Politics and the Removal of a President: Lessons Learned from the Impeachment of President Clinton,” which appeared in Grove City College’s Journal of Law & Public Policy, former Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty tried to share what he and other Republicans learned from President William Jefferson Clinton’s impeachment in the late 1990s. Continue Reading...
January 30, 2020
This policy would destroy $11.5 trillion of U.S. wealth
A presidential season is a time of policies, proposals, and promises. All will guarantee they will increase national wealth and well-being, but history and rational analysis show that some reforms will hurt the very voters who support them. Continue Reading...