The Supreme Court rules against racial discrimination; entrenched interests howl in protest, issuing statements of “massive resistance.” Have we time-traveled to the 1954 South? No, it’s 2023 and the indignant defenders of race-based policies are elite universities in the Northeast. READ MORE »

While its elite defenders may not have seen its end coming, “affirmative action” suffered from ten fatal flaws that doomed it. Victor Davis Hanson exposes the distortions and unintended consequences that persisted for far too long READ MORE »

The Supreme Court weighed in on colleges’ racial bias, President Biden’s fiat forgiveness of student loans, and the freedom of creative designers to disagree with the state’s view of marriage. Another federal judge put the kibosh on Biden administration efforts to turn social media companies into surrogate censors. WATCH NOW »

As Americans demand more healthcare autonomy in the wake of the botched COVID response, Senator Bernie Sanders’s proposed single-payer, socialized medicine regime would usher in all of the worst that government control over health has to offer. READ MORE »
 

Don’t let the fervor fool you: history warns that the push for military action in Mexico as a solution to immigration and drug crises won’t end well. READ MORE »

In Search of Monsters to Destroy The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace By Christopher J. Coyne

Americans can glean valuable economic lessons from France’s pension crisis, which offers invaluable insights into the precarious state of the U.S. entitlement system and the need for realistic reforms in the face of mounting challenges—both fiscal and cultural. READ MORE »

California Dreaming Lessons on How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis By Lawrence J. McQuillan