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  • The Rules of Debate No Longer Work

    The Rules of Debate No Longer Work0

    Gun rights activist Dana Loesch recently complained that she had been denied the right to respond to her critics on Twitter, according to a story reported in the New York Post. Unlike her adversaries, who are free to swing away at her, Loesch is not allowed to use Twitter’s fact-checking platform to correct their misstatements.

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  • The Rule of Our Sophisticated Suckers

    The Rule of Our Sophisticated Suckers0

    “There’s a sucker born every minute,” said P. T. Barnum, expressing, without intending it, the soul of modernist movements in the arts. Donald Trump recently outraged what has been called, without any sense of irony or hyperbole, “the architectural community,” with a directive preferring the federal style for new public buildings in Washington, D.C. That

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  • The Rudderless Moment in American Politics

    The Rudderless Moment in American Politics0

    “The modern Democratic Party increasingly resembles a coalition without a commanding general,” argue Jesse Arm and Danielle Shapiro, writing for the Manhattan Institute’s “City Journal.” The party’s elected officials, donors, unions, advocacy groups, activist networks, and online influencers often pull in different directions, with no leader possessing the authority or willingness to impose discipline. As a result, candidates

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  • The Rosy—and False—Narrative of American Public Schooling

    The Rosy—and False—Narrative of American Public Schooling0

    Humans tend to romanticize the past. In many ways it helps us see the good in what has been and what is now, but in other ways it disguises the truth. The history of American public schooling is a notable example of viewing history through rose-colored glasses. In my college and graduate school education classes,

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  • The Rosetta Stone’s Hidden Lesson on Taxes and Special Interests

    The Rosetta Stone’s Hidden Lesson on Taxes and Special Interests0

    Tax season is a good time to remind us that the history of taxes tells the story of whole civilizations. What is taxed, and how much is it taxed, tells us what the rulers valued. What was exempt tells us who had the political pull to be excluded. It is no different today. If you’re

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  • The Rosenberg Conviction – 65 Years Later (p.s. They Were Guilty)

    The Rosenberg Conviction – 65 Years Later (p.s. They Were Guilty)0

    Sixty-five years ago Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of espionage for passing secrets to the Soviets before and after the Second World War. They were executed two years later. It sounds like ancient history, and I’m sure many younger people today have trouble understanding why this particular case took on such great historical significance.

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