I’ve had the great good fortune to meet and work with some of America’s nicest and most highly respected public intellectuals. These people have a mission, to advance human freedom and well-being. They do so through their knowledge of human propensities and ambitions. They work to understand society’s organization and coordination and then explain it […]

Here is a true, empirical, statistical generalization. Smart, mature, politically attentive adults gradually move toward a classical liberal philosophy. This philosophy is committed to the ideal of limited government under constitutional constraints, the rule of law, due process, and individual liberty. This includes freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and free markets.  Independent of their education, through experience and observation, the […]

The half-century between 1912 and 1962 was a period of great wars and economic tumult but also of impressive social cohesion. Marriage rates were high. Community groups connected people across class. In the half-century between 1962 and the present, America has become more prosperous, peaceful and fair, but the social fabric has deteriorated. Social trust […]