What’s with all the post-apocalyptic/dystopian books, movies, and TV shows these days? If their current abundance is any indication, we can’t seem to get enough of them (The...
I looked at the stiff, gaudy gold couch, quickly convinced myself I could like it, and handed the owner half of her asking price until I could come...
Over the past few weeks I’ve watched a social experiment unfold that illustrates just how integrity, honesty, and trust matter for a free market. Free exchange significantly depends...
Recently, I attended a seminar at George Mason University where Tyler Cowen interviewed Camille Paglia. Paglia always packs a punch. She is a professor of humanities and media...
Most of the time I operate through the lens of scarcity. I’m afraid of not having enough time or resources. Will I have enough time to do what...
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. – Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride “Tolerance, not truth, is the new...
“Thou shalt not encroach upon the religious liberty of your fellow citizens” is not something you will find in the Bible. The First Amendment guarantees the free exercise...
In the Alps of Switzerland, a wise man once lived out his religion as faithfully as he knew how. He was not a hermit who sought isolation, but...
When I think of strangers, I think of people I’m supposed to avoid altogether. Perhaps it’s because I’m a child of the ’80’s. Hall & Oates scored a...
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