By Irving Kristol - WSJ - Sept. 19, 2009
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By Irving Kristol – WSJ – A great mind exposes ideological illusions, while thinking through better alternatives. The following are excerpts from essays that appeared in The Wall Street Journal by Irving Kristol, who died yesterday at age 89. An editorial on his legacy appears nearby.
By Walter Russell Mead - July 18, 2022
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At the beginning of the 21st century, the world seemed more peaceful and American power more solidly entrenched than ever before. Twenty-two years into the new century, Americans face the most threatening international environment since the darkest days of the Cold War. The war in Ukraine threatens the post-Cold War order in Europe. Iran is well on its way to a nuclear bomb, and China’s shadow looms larger than ever over Taiwan. Read More
By Daron Acemoglu and James Ronbinson – “The authors convincingly show that countries escape poverty only when they have appropriate economic institutions, especially private property and competition….countries are more likely to develop the right institutions when they have an open pluralistic political system with competition for political office, a widespread electorate, and openness to new political leaders. This intimate connection between political and economic institutions is the heart of their major contribution…” – Gary Becker
By Ian Rowe - July 6, 2022
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By Ian Rowe – There is a third way: a view of human opportunity simultaneously more practical and more optimistic than our current alternatives. I call it agency.… agency goes beyond one’s capacity simply to do or achieve …Agency is not free will alone, it is the force of your free will, guided by moral discernment. Agency is the character-based strength that young people can tap into as a source of morally directed power, and our children do not achieve this by themselves. … they need social support from vibrant, well-functioning, families, schools, houses of worship, nonprofit organizations, and community groups. Read More
By John M. Ellis - Nov. 13, 2017
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By John M. Ellis – Colleges need to be accredited; state universities answer to governing boards. Accrediting agencies and governing boards are created through a political process. What if voters were to insist that those agencies demand answers to some elementary questions? …How can a department of political science that excludes half the spectrum of viable political ideas be competent to offer degrees in the field? How can a history curriculum be taught competently when only one extremist attitude to social and political questions is present in a department? …How can these extraordinary deficiencies deserve either accreditation, or support by state and federal funds?… Read More