Why a Free Society Cannot Transform Wishes into Rights
Any careful observer of American politics must be struck by the ever-expanding roster of things people have asserted rights to. But when such arguments are seriously considered, there is little to them...
View ArticleFive of Hayek’s Biggest Ideas: A Study Guide
Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992) is today glorified by freedom lovers all around the world. The Austrian in a double sense—both as an Austrian citizen as well as a representative of the Austrian...
View ArticleA Visual Demonstration of How Fast the NYT Got Woke
Many trends develop over decades but I’ve never seen change so rapid as the breathtaking success of what one might call social justice concerns. Beginning around 2010-2014 there appears to have been an...
View ArticleHayek: Social Justice Demands the Unequal Treatment of Individuals
Social justice is one of those squishy terms that is not easy to define. One thing we know for certain: social justice is not the same thing as justice, an age-old idea that was the focus of such...
View ArticleSocial Justice and the Siege Mentality
If you believe that fairness and what philosophers call “desert,” or deserving the benefits and harms we receive, are the most important features of a society, you’ll spend a lot of time being upset....
View ArticleLGBTriggered America: RuPaul Dragged for Lack of Diversity
Everything was peaches and cream for the famous drag queen and reality television star RuPaul Sunday night as his show picked up its sixth Emmy. That is, until a reporter questioned him about his...
View ArticleFrozen II: Saved by Blessedly Superficial Viewers
Of the first Frozen movie, I probably wrote half a dozen articles. What was that magic ingredient that made it a plus-billion-dollar blockbuster, a culture-rocking achievement, a life-defining event...
View ArticleFounding Father Wokeness and Socialism for Republicans: The Constitutional...
By Bryan McCarthy & Jon Ungerland These are, as nearly everyone has said, “strange” (or “interesting” or “scary” or “tribal”) times. Far from the initial vision of a functional Union,...
View Article5 Gaming Creators Who Reject Radical Progressivism
As digital media continues to expand, we find ourselves discovering new forms of entertainment that particularly hit that jive. A cacophony of common interests may find you tuning in to a favorite...
View ArticleAttempted Fortnite #BlackLivesMatter Event Backfires
Over this past weekend Epic Games, creator of Fortnite, had the wondrous idea to host a panel on race and America for the 4th of July in their flagship title. The intended effect was to unify gamers in...
View Article