This is the season of “Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men”.  Although data indicates the world actually is becoming more peaceful, peace and good will remain exceedingly difficult goals to achieve.  However, the Christmas season is an excellent time to recognize those who try: Success is contagious.     This week’s FREE Insights […]

Economists’ Favorite Bible Verse – An intro to today’s FREE Insight from the Chairman If political economists were to pick a favorite Bible verse I suggest it would be Proverbs 4:7. King James Version reads: “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”  Alas too many people neglect […]

A Pleasant Surprise – Intro by John Baden, Chairman, FREE The Christmas season is surely a time to share good things.  Here’s a letter to the Bozeman Chronicle posted on Monday, December 9th.  It is one I enjoyed and from which I learned.   One of the pleasures was to discover the clear thinking of […]

Both progressives and conservatives fundamentally misunderstand our most important founding document. This coming week, Harvard University Press will publish my new book, The Classical Liberal Constitution: The Uncertain Quest for Limited Government. This 700-page volume took me over seven years to complete, and it offers a distinctive third approach to constitutional law that helps explain […]