Blog 3 Columns

Pre-Pandemic Economy Hit Unprecedented Heights for Black and Hispanic Americans 0
- Economics
- October 5, 2020
The grim and isolated life many Americans have adopted during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis is often referred to as the “new normal.” But when it comes to the economic side of the pandemic, we should all hope that this year’s business shutdowns, massive government interventions, runaway spending, and skyrocketing deficits are not here to stay.
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Climbing Mount Durant: A Foray Into Fair-Minded History 0
- History
- October 5, 2020
Shortly before New Year’s Day, 2018, I resolved to read Will and Ariel Durant’s The Story of Civilization, that eleven-volume literary Mount Everest that weighs more than 30 pounds and runs to nearly 10,000 pages. Sticking to a New Year’s resolution or a Lenten vow is not my strong suit. Ten years ago, one of my
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Car Seats as Contraceptives 0
- Economics
- October 5, 2020
Seat belts save lives. Child safety seats save lives. These statements seem blindingly obvious. But everything has a cost. Two American economists recently studied the social effects of mandating child safety seats from 1973. They concluded, counterintuitively, that the conventional wisdom is both right and wrong. They estimate that these popular laws prevented only 57
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Why COVID Kids May Grow Up To Be Libertarians 0
- Culture
- October 2, 2020
The Coronavirus crisis hit children as hard as any other segment of the population. All familiar routines were suddenly ripped away from them. Thousands are still doing school online. Many state mask mandates include young children. For children old enough to remember it in the future, the year of Coronavirus, will be a significant event
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Joe Biden’s Rejection of the Green New Deal Is a Small Win for Humility 0
- Economics
- October 2, 2020
The first presidential debate of 2020 is done and dusted. Thank God. President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden squared off Tuesday night in a raucous affair most Americans would probably just as soon forget. The debate, though at times entertaining, was thin on policy but heavy on invective, cliches, and interruptions. An
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How Trump’s COVID Case Could Affect His Chances of Re-Election 0
- Politics
- October 2, 2020
With just a month left until the November 3 U.S. presidential election, contracting the virus could have politically positive or negative consequences for President Donald Trump. These will, of course, be contingent on how severe the president’s illness becomes. But we should not count him out and Biden in just yet. Here are the ways
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Former Twitter CEO Says ‘Me-Too Capitalists’ Will Be ‘Shot in the Revolution’1
- Politics
- October 2, 2020
The socialist social justice revolution is here, and one former CEO is here to tweet it. On Wednesday, former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, a man whose net worth is estimated at $300 million, took to his old platform and appeared to be gleefully suggesting that “capitalists” who don’t get involved with social justice causes should
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Amy Coney Barrett and Our Topsy-Turvy Culture 0
- Culture
- October 2, 2020
In 2017, the media reported that Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus was closing after a run of 146 years. I beg to disagree. The circus moved its three rings, lion tamers, and clowns to Capitol Hill, and the latest act is about to begin. In his essay “Democrats Take Aim At Amy Coney Barrett,”
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So This Is What It Has Come To 0
- Politics
- October 1, 2020
For years after my wife died and I’d moved into an Asheville apartment with my youngest son, I’d rent a house for a week every summer at the North Carolina shore. My children, their spouses, and a growing platoon of grandchildren all came for a special time, a gathering of the clan. Although circumstances have
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Pre-Pandemic Economy Hit Unprecedented Heights for Black and Hispanic Americans 0