Topic: Government

A Path Forward in Policing in 2022

– January 6, 2022

“May 2022 be the year we finally lean into law enforcement as a collaborative and complex undertaking that requires an investment in meaningful engagement.” ~ Rev. Markel Hutchins

Crisis, Education, Free Markets, Government, Socialism

Yes, Senator, “Enough is Enough” – But Not How You Think

– January 5, 2022

“Senator Warren would probably be surprised (perhaps even horrified) to find that one of the great exponents of Public Choice Theory agrees with her that federal student aid programs are regressive.” ~ George Leef

Art and Culture, Government, Media

Pollster Scott Rasmussen Says Democrats Are Getting Demographics All Wrong

– January 5, 2022

“One of America’s leading national pollsters, Scott Rasmussen, says most Americans have higher priorities than politics. And he says partisan thinking about race, particularly among Democrats, hasn’t kept up with demographic realities.” ~ Marc Ang

Economic Education, Financial Markets, Government, Monetary Policy

The Impact of Higher Inflation on US Asset Class Returns

– January 4, 2022

“If the Fed is to be a mere BoJ copycat, does that mean that it can keep US equities artificially elevated by a perpetually low policy rate? No more than the BoJ has been able to do for Japanese equities.” ~ Richard M. Salsman

Art and Culture, Government, Philosophy

An Art That Offers Choices

– January 4, 2022

“The new art form, the one staring its opponents right in the face, is an art form of cohesion, community, tradition, and representation. It is part of a revolution in mores and behaviors that can help lead us out of the nihilism to which we have all fallen victim.” ~ Spencer Klavan

Education, Free Markets, Government, Philosophy

In Search of Humility

– January 4, 2022

“Our lack of humility about what we can know and the worth of our value judgments in transforming reality is a problem in public life. Just about everyone would be better off if we had more contemplative realists like Hayek and Voegelin and fewer political activists.” ~ Todd Myers

Crisis, Education, Government

A Master of Education or a Master of Faux Social Justice?

– January 3, 2022

“While an M.Ed. may look a lot more like an M.SJW. right now, the status quo does not have to be destiny. Education departments are not offering serious classes, but grassroots efforts can help fill the void.” ~ Garion Frankel

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Free Markets, Government

A Simple New Year’s Resolution

– January 3, 2022

“Let lovers of liberty resolve this New Year to turn against collectivist groupthink and return to the basic principles of economics and common sense that made America’s first 245.5 years relatively happy and prosperous.” ~ Robert E. Wright

Crisis, Government, History

Packing Away the Constitution

– January 2, 2022

“Principled interpreters of the Constitution do not advocate overturning valid Constitutional precedents, but precedents that deviated from it, as the only way to maintain it as the ‘highest law of the land’ in fact, as well as on paper.” ~ Gary M. Galles

Crisis, Government, Property Rights

Seth Rogen’s Car

– December 31, 2021

“Don’t let people like Rogen get away with saying, ‘It’s called ‘living in a big city.’ It’s not. It’s about defining what kinds of victimization you’re comfortable seeing others go through.” ~ Lou Perez

Art and Culture, Education, Government

What is Critical Race Theory?

– December 31, 2021

“AIER’s Research Director Phil Magness joins James R. Harrigan, AIER’s Senior Editor, and Antony Davies, Professor of economics at Duquesne University to discuss critical race theory.” ~ AIER

Books, Government, History, Philosophy

America’s Unplanned Constitutional Tradition

– December 31, 2021

“Liberty and Power demonstrates that Wood is still the consummate historian. Rather than being an ideologue locked into a permanent position, his changes in emphasis from his earlier works reveal a scholar who is willing to reconsider evidence and arguments.” ~ Aaron N. Coleman