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  • 3 Ways to Spot an Ideologue

    3 Ways to Spot an Ideologue1

    In 1960, Daniel Bell’s book The End of Ideology was published. In it, he declared what “sensible” people like himself already knew: Ideological commitments are mere barriers to social progress. Incremental improvements in technology, entrepreneurship and new methods of governance, not endless debates between capitalists and socialists, liberals and conservatives, fascists and communists, would mark

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  • 3 Ways to Make the Post-Election World Better

    3 Ways to Make the Post-Election World Better0

    I scanned my sample ballot. The options were less than inspiring. “Surely,” I thought, “there is a better way than this.” Fortunately, there is. Voting isn’t the only way to effect social change—indeed, it isn’t necessarily a very good one given what we know about voter irrationality and the like. Here are three complements to

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  • 3 Ways to Have a Good Argument

    3 Ways to Have a Good Argument1

    The Virus There is a virus going around in our culture these days. It’s the virus of bad argumentation. Disagreeing with someone is an art, and we have forgotten how to do it well. If you’ve been on YouTube lately, you may have seen the now famous interview between Cathy Newman and Jordan Peterson. Cathy

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  • 3 Ways to Escape the Victim Mentality

    3 Ways to Escape the Victim Mentality0

    There’s plenty of talk about the victim mindset that pervades our culture these days. Many people seem to crave being a victim, preferring it to taking on responsibility for their lives. But for those of us who do want to break free from this mentality, the feeling of being stuck in our lives, unable to

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  • 3 Ways to be a Great Friend as Told by Alcuin of York

    3 Ways to be a Great Friend as Told by Alcuin of York0

    If you are looking for “rules for life,” then you might want to start with Alcuin of York, an 8th century cleric. Never heard of him? You should have. Alcuin was Charlemagne’s secretary of education and the driving force behind the “Carolingian Renaissance.” Charlemagne, the First Holy Roman Emperor (815), was convinced that a revival

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  • 3 Ways Milton Friedman Improved the Field of Economics

    3 Ways Milton Friedman Improved the Field of Economics0

    Milton Friedman is probably the most important free-market thinker of the twentieth century. His ideas in defense of capitalism and economic freedom had an enormous influence on the shift towards free-market policies that took place from the 1970s onwards. Countries like the UK, China, Chile, or Estonia followed the economic recipes contained in best sellers

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