Topic: Art and Culture

An Epidemic of Loneliness?

– October 27, 2023

“In addition to overstepping its bounds through potential regulations, censorship, and bans, government has itself contributed to the problem of loneliness.” ~James Peterson

Art and Culture, History, Leadership, Property Rights

Mound Bayou: Guns, Civil Rights, Free Speech and The Emmett Till Murder

– October 24, 2023

“During the trial of Till’s murderers, Dr. T.R.M. Howard’s Mound Bayou home became a ‘black command center’ for witnesses and journalists.” ~David T. Beito

Art and Culture, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Taxation

“No matter how much higher standards of living for nearly everyone in today’s market-oriented economies are, living standards could be even higher. The costs of obtaining, maintaining, and further raising these living standards could be even lower.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

Art and Culture, Authoritarianism, Classical Liberalism, Philosophy

To Live for Grievances Risks Liberty

– October 19, 2023

“How many minor and major irritations and grievances occupy your thinking throughout the day? What do we sacrifice when our attention is centered on grievances?” ~Barry Brownstein

Art and Culture, Education, Media, Research

Critical Race Theory in Data: What the Statistics Show

– October 17, 2023

“While CRT may have been a niche subject as recently as the 1990s, academic journal citations of CRT scholars exploded around the time of the ‘Great Awokening’ (2013-2014).” ~Phillip W. Magness

Art and Culture, Entrepreneurship, History, Property Rights

Mound Bayou Takes the Lead in the Modern Civil Rights Movement

– October 16, 2023

“Visitors often got their first exposure to a Southern town where members of their race voted, held office, enforced the laws, spoke freely, and walked through the front door. Their day-to-day experiences in Mound Bayou were an inspiration for changing their own communities.” ~David T. Beito

Art and Culture, Economic Growth, Free Trade, Unemployment

Kvetching

– October 12, 2023

“Pundits and politicians who describe free trade as an imposition are either hopelessly ignorant of the meaning of free trade, or they are intentionally portraying it in a false light in order to scare people.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

Art and Culture, Free Markets, Property Rights, Taxation

Do I Own What Is Mine?

– October 10, 2023

“We should rethink the deference we give what may be the shortest, but not the least damaging weasel word in common usage today.” ~Gary M. Galles

Art and Culture, Economic History, History, Leadership

How Little Mound Bayou Became a Powerful Engine for African American Civil Rights and Economic Advancement

– October 9, 2023

“Many African Americans carefully kept track of events in the town, seeing it as a test case for Booker T. Washington’s theory that a prerequisite for political rights was the slow accumulation of economic power.” ~David Beito

Art and Culture, Classical Liberalism, History, Philosophy

A “Flame of Fire” for Every Age: James Otis and the Writs of Assistance

– October 8, 2023

“Otis asserted that every man, merely natural, was an independent sovereign, subject to no law, but the law written on his heart, and revealed to him by his Maker in the constitution of his nature and the inspiration of his understanding and his conscience.”

Art and Culture, Authoritarianism, History, Philosophy

Are We Choosing “Living Truth” or “Dead Dogma”?

– October 6, 2023

“While the ranks of illiberal censors grow daily, John Stuart Mill’s impeccable logic reaches across time to refute arguments censors use to justify their authoritarian actions.” ~Barry Brownstein

Art and Culture, Classical Liberalism, Philosophy

The Rules of Liberal Civilization Are Really Quite Simple

– October 5, 2023

“First learned in childhood, these rules remain relevant and important throughout our lives. And these rules’ relevance and importance don’t disappear, or even diminish, simply because today’s majority finds it convenient to cast one or more of them aside.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux