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Neither Democracy Nor “Union Democracy” are Ideals
Currently, you can get lots of hits if you search “what is wrong with politics.” Many suggested answers reflect a long-standing central tenet of progressivism that more democracy is the solution. As...
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In Memoriam: Maureen H. Foulke 1929 – 2023
With great sadness, we note the passing of Maureen H. Foulke, who served as a Voting Member of the AIER Corporation for over 38 years. Maureen referred to herself as an “American Girl.” She grew up...
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Before Moving From DC, Move Federal Employees from San Francisco
Both former President Trump and Florida Governor DeSantis have proposed moving federal employees out of the DC area, and their message resonates with voters seeking a government more responsive to the...
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Zora and Eleanor: Toward a Fuller Understanding of the First Lady’s Civil...
Eleanor Roosevelt and Zora Neale Hurston were pivotal figures in African American history during the twentieth century, the first for her personal fight against racial discrimination in an...
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Why Mr. Beast Is Under Fire for Bringing Clean Water to 500,000 Africans
James Stephen “Jimmy” Donaldson, better known by his professional moniker “Mr. Beast,” has made a name for himself — and hundreds of millions of dollars for humanitarian causes — by leveraging his...
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Are CEOs overpaid?
CEO compensation has become increasingly controversial, including cases where executives have received particularly high amounts of performance compensation, exotic or unusual features such as loans...
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The Cheap Populism of Bashing CEO Pay
Every year for more than a decade, various think tanks in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom produce a “bombshell” study where they state that the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the...
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Property in Words: Not Even Under Suspicion
Who owns words? If words are mine, can they be yours, too? In a sense, language has to be “ours,” a shared resource that all can use. What about ideas? Ideas are, after all, often expressed in words....
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Presidents May Want a Line-Item Veto, but Citizens May Not
What if there were some political tool that many US Presidents (going back to Grant, and all of them, including both leading major-party candidates this year) at least since Nixon, have wanted? What...
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Milei Proves That Ideas Matter
Argentine President Javier Milei speaks at Davos in January, 2024Image courtesy: Flickr – World Economic Forum CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Javier Milei arrived at the World Economic Forum last week and easily...
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Not a Very Virtuous Virtue Signal
The Davos Congress Center in Davos, Switzerland, welcomed international guests in January. As reported by Reason, a group including about 250 million- and billionaires calling themselves Proud to Pay...
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Seize the Means of Production in a Few Easy Steps
Wall Street sign in lower Manhattan, New York City If you ask an old-school socialist, they might tell you free market capitalism is objectionable because the workers should own the means of...
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Reforms for West Virginia’s Future
West Virginia’s State Capitol on the Kanawha River in Charleston Recently, we spoke at the West Virginia State Capitol to a group of legislators and policy wonks, in collaboration with the Cardinal...
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America Can’t Afford Bidenomics
The historical print shows William Jennings Bryan standing on the back of a railroad caboose, distributing tidings of public debt. Paraphrased affirmations are absorbed by complacent journalists....
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Heaps of Trouble
A shovel stands ready among heaps of sand. The United States national debt recently reached roughly 34 trillion dollars in debt with CEOs of large financial institutions like JP Morgan, Jamie Dimon,...
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Principleless, Panicked and Power-Hungry
A playground, closed to impede the spread of COVID-19. Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, May 2020. Pandemic Panic was a fascinating book to read, especially for a lawyer like me. It very quickly had my...
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