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  • Why We’re So Afraid

    Why We’re So Afraid0

    The title of a recent Rolling Stone article claims that “we’re living in the age of fear.” It explains: “If this election cycle is a mirror, then it is reflecting a society choked with fear. It’s not just threats of terrorism, economic collapse, cyberwarfare and government corruption—each of which some 70 percent of our citizenry

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  • Why We’re Staying Put: The Loss of American Mobility

    Why We’re Staying Put: The Loss of American Mobility0

    The story of America is one of moving. A total of 13.6 percent of Americans today were born in another country, and most of us are descended from immigrants. This story of migration also includes moving within the country. Over the last 200 years, Americans have settled the frontier, moved away from cities toward suburbs

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  • Why We’re Headed for a ‘Nanny State’

    Why We’re Headed for a ‘Nanny State’0

    Americans love freedom. Or so they like to say. So why do we have more and more laws and an ever-expanding public sector? Why is our behavior increasingly regulated and restricted at almost every level? Why, in other words, is the state becoming our nanny? Our Daniel Lattier answered the first question last month: We

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  • Why We’re All a Lot Richer Than We Realize

    Why We’re All a Lot Richer Than We Realize19

    I welcome the long weekend that comes with Independence Day at the beginning of each July. This year, I relished a slow day with my family and experienced the joys of a summer cookout. Beyond decorations and outfit choices, nothing in my celebration was particularly patriotic, and I gave only a small amount of time

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  • Why We Shouldn’t Need Liberal Arts Colleges

    Why We Shouldn’t Need Liberal Arts Colleges0

    There are some liberal arts colleges out there doing great work. Among them are St. John’s College in Annapolis, Thomas Aquinas College in California, and New St. Andrews College in Idaho. These colleges provide students with a well-rounded and rigorous education in languages and the Great Books.   If you’re going to spend four years

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  • Why We Shouldn’t Confuse Philanthropy and Welfare

    Why We Shouldn’t Confuse Philanthropy and Welfare0

    In chapter 14 of The Road to Serfdom, “Material Conditions and Ideal Ends,” Hayek focuses on the path forward now that the Second World War was coming to an end. Specifically, he explains that calling on the state to coercively act in the name of the “greater good” is not a moral act worthy of

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