By Jason L. Riley July 21, 2026
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By Jason L. Riley July 21, 2026 – The racism-explains-everything line of argument ignores or plays down cultural factors that are far more likely to be driving social inequality, as evidenced by the fact that nonblack populations in the U.S. and abroad with no history of slavery or segregation exhibit many of the same characteristics of the black underclass in America. Read More
By Marian L. Tupy July 20, 2026
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By Marian L. Tupy July 20, 2026 – But what makes such conduct possible in the first place? Democrats rightly blame the man….But there is another culprit. The power of the federal government, which commands the fate of every major enterprise in America. A tariff waiver can mean billions for one company and bankruptcy for its rival. An antitrust filing can erase a decade of shareholder value in an afternoon. A procurement decision can build a company, and a regulatory finding can bury one. When the government holds that much influence, officials need not even demand tribute. Tribute arrives on its own…. When government can make or break a business, businesses will invest in making friends with government, and the return on a lobbyist will exceed the return on an engineer. Corruption and discretionary power go hand in hand. Read More
By Justice Clarence Thomas speech excerps
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By Justice Clarence Thomas- Progressivism was the first mainstream American political movement—…—to openly oppose the principles of the Declaration. Progressives strove to undo the Declaration’s commitment to equality and natural rights, both of which they denied were self-evident….But we were fortunate not to trade our Lockean bounds for the supposedly enlightened world of Hegel, Marx and their followers. Fascism—which, after all, was a national socialism—triggered wars in Europe and Asia that killed tens of millions. The socialism of the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China proceeded to kill more tens of millions of their own people. This is what happens when natural rights give way to the higher good of notions of history, progress, or, as Thomas Sowell has written, the “vision of the anointed.” Read More
By Andy Kessler March 30, 2025
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By Andy Kessler March 30, 2025 – Mr. Gilder noted, “The scarcest resource is time, which always becomes scarce as other things become abundant. It is human genius that transcends the scarcity of time.” That’s economic productivity in a nutshell….. He’s a big fan of time prices, “the one impeachable standard to compare abundance from one era to another era. How many hours does it take a typical worker to earn a set of goods and services?”…“all goods and services from the private sector are radically cheaper in time prices, while government services are the one function that has actually increased in cost in most cases.” Why am I not surprised? Read More
By Marian L. Tupy - May 26, 2026
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By Marian L. Tupy – May 26, 2026 – The Amazon founder’s innovations save customers 22 hours a year on average, giving them the gift of time. …But Amazon didn’t become valuable by force. It became valuable because hundreds of millions of people chose to use it. …That is capitalism: People get rich by creating something others value enough to buy. Read More