Michael Ryall

Michael D. Ryall is Harry T. Mangurian Professor at Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. He writes on business strategy, competition, AI, and character-based leadership.

Why States Are Right to Reject AI Legal Personhood

When AI causes harm, there must be a human who answers for it. That principle is not a ...

Viewpoints March 31, 2026
Trump’s Incentive Alignment Doctrine: A Businessman’s Fix for Failed Foreign Policy

Commentary President Donald Trump is rewriting the rules of American power in real time—and the world is watching. ...

Viewpoints March 3, 2026
2 States, 2 Visions: California Wants to Add a Wealth Tax; Florida Wants to Remove One

Commentary While Sacramento legislators debate how to extract more money from residents who are already leaving, Tallahassee legislators ...

Viewpoints March 2, 2026
The Gnostic Temptation: How an Ancient Heresy Illuminates Our Modern Political Fringes

Political fringes across the spectrum increasingly resemble Gnostic sects, each convinced they possess crucial insights that others lack.

Viewpoints August 26, 2025
Can States Play a Small Role in Saving Higher Education?

Will higher education look like it does today, only smaller and leaner? Or are we witnessing the start ...

Viewpoints April 11, 2024
Quiet Quitting: Cutting University Bequests Out of Wills

Commentary The problem of a higher education system pursuing goals that are increasingly at odds with those of ...

Business Columnists February 20, 2024
The Florida Model for Entrepreneurial Success

Commentary Florida is the most entrepreneurial state in the nation, based on recent research examining the percentage of ...

US News February 15, 2024
AI for the Win: A Dissenting Perspective

Commentary The explosive adoption of the AI language model ChatGPT has been accompanied by a proportionate increase in ...

Viewpoints June 13, 2023
Putting Up Their Happiness as Collateral for Their Car Loans

Commentary As a university professor, one of the greatest rewards is mentoring students to realize the American Dream ...

Viewpoints May 8, 2023
Crossing the Rubicon Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Commentary The time was 49 BC. The players were Julius Caesar and the members of Rome’s Senate. Caesar ...

Viewpoints April 3, 2023
Ranked Choice Voting: The Latest Elite Fad Pushing Toward Social Disintegration

Commentary When society has widespread faith that its institutions and the experts who guide public policy are unbiased, ...

Viewpoints March 10, 2023
Can Project Veritas Survive Without Founder-CEO James O’Keefe?

Commentary Two weeks ago, Project Veritas generated global headlines by exposing a Pfizer employee who claimed that the ...

Viewpoints February 22, 2023
Is Elon Musk the Harbinger of a New Era of Hostile Corporate Takeovers?

Commentary “Get woke, go broke” refers to a company that engages in woke politics and, thereby, alienates a ...

Viewpoints April 25, 2022