Timeless Principles

Commentary The third week of July 1776 revealed how quickly the Declaration of Independence had altered the terms of the conflict. On July 19, Congress ordered that the declaration adopted ...

Paine warned that complacency endangers liberty and that only when freedom is threatened do people discover whether they ...

Many people today think that nationalism and alliances cannot go together. But American history shows the opposite.

Commentary Today, no one reasonably well-informed doubts that America faces serious perils. And notwithstanding President Donald Trump's strong ...

We all have a role to play in enhancing common sense, responsible liberty, property rights, reasonable laws, and ...

Commentary Medicine is fundamentally oriented toward healing. Physicians have cured diseases, alleviated pain, extended life expectancy, and expanded ...

Commentary In theory, a federal system of government would feature a sort of “division of labor” whereby state ...

Commentary Earlier this year, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas delivered a speech in Texas in which he warned ...

Commentary In a world where more and more attention is being paid to what schools teach, I find ...

Despite their bitter parting, Hamilton and George Washington reconciled and became close allies, renewing one of the greatest ...

From technocrats to central planners, the temptation to engineer society persists. Adam Smith saw the dangers clearly.

Are we witnessing the beginning of a long-term technological revolution or the formation of another dangerous market bubble?

This is the sixth and final essay in a series on the Declaration of Independence, in recognition of ...

This is the third in a five-essay series on the Declaration of Independence, written for its 250th anniversary. ...

The Blueprint Was Always There

The consequences of ignoring market signals.

Evil’s most reliable allies are not hatred or malice, but weakness, fear, and conformity—the silent forces authorities use ...

Commentary Friedrich Nietzsche thought that the decline of the Christian religion in Europe would inevitably lead to a ...

Commentary At an April University of Texas gathering to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, ...

Commentary Having governments spy on citizens is a great way to reduce crime! Consider how many more criminals ...

Even in free societies, “the most intelligent and independent people cannot entirely escape [the] influence” of state propaganda.

This is a lightly edited transcript of a speech delivered by Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the United ...

Commentary You know this story. Drop a frog into boiling water, and it will scramble out immediately. But ...

Commentary We have been told for years that sometime out on the horizon, in about 2040, something profound ...

If the terms we use to identify injury are loosened from their moorings, our capacity for judgment is ...

Commentary Bugs, viruses, and sickness—these maladies creep into countless conversations as people wrestle with the question "How do ...

Commentary War is the most unrestrained expression of humanity’s destructive capacity, a setting in which order disintegrates, moral ...