President Donald Trump disputed a recent report that he has bought members of his Cabinet dress shoes but then offered ...

Since the time of Huey Long, Louisiana has been burdened by its own form of socio-economic populism. This is populism highlighted by policies that ensconce the power of the few by promising to defend ...

Is the state necessary? In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon follows Aeon J. Skoble’s argument that we can do without the state and finds there is ...

I pointed congregations to the Phoenix Affirmations, a set of statements articulated at a 2006 mainline Protestant gathering and later published by pastor and biblical scholar Eric Elnes. I suggested ...

Political violence has been a persistent aspect of human history. In this article we address the main psychological factors leading to political extremism.

Professors are seen to wield absolute power, and when this power inevitably takes a sinister turn, that corruption is presented as a mere symptom of academe’s deeper rot. This trope has a life beyond ...

In his underappreciated essays, Thomas Nagel counsels us against taking the world, our ourselves, too seriously ...

The influential theorist explored a wide range of topics, including democracy, fascism, secularism, and climate ...

Today, happiness is equated with “self-fulfillment.” But the “pursuit of happiness” is no mere rhetorical gimmick.

The ancient Greeks believed that those who govern society must possess not only power but also wisdom and moral virtue. The ...

She caused controversy with books like “Eichmann in Jerusalem,” published in 1963, which grew out of her coverage of Adolf Eichmann’s trial for The New Yorker.

Murray Rothbard was born 100 years ago this week and his time on earth was much too short. Yet in that time he was here, he added much to the intellectual ...