In the hallowed halls of modern academia, talk of truth is often portrayed as antagonistic to freedom. Sadly, if the academic sleight of hand that supplants “individual liberty” with an “everything is okay” morality...
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Next spring, for the first time in forty years, I will not be teaching Introduction to Literature. The reason is neither budget cuts nor the sinking lifeboat of the humanities. In fact, I asked not to be...
Posted by: David Clemens on June 17, 2013
Authored by F.L. Maus, September 1, 1955
A bank president has implicit faith in the integrity of his cashier. The cashier suddenly absconds with fifty thousand dollars of the bank's funds.
A man hurries through a New...
Posted by: Intellectual Takeout on June 14, 2013
The newly released Social Security Trustees Report—which is the authoritative source for the program's finances—states that its trust fund will "continue to grow through...
Posted by: James Agresti on June 12, 2013
Many look at the prospect of single-payer health care as a big step toward freedom. The thinking goes that, if government provides health care, everyday people will be “freed” from worry about health care and survival...
Posted by: Devin Foley on June 11, 2013
Dear Ask the Professor: We are concerned about a potential power line 'upgrade' in the neighborhood, one which will increase the voltage from 69 kVto 115kV. With all the talk about health risks from EMF's (let's ignore the debate on...
Posted by: Charles G. Beaudette on June 10, 2013
Authored by F. A. Harper, January 1, 1956
"Why do we have to pay for things?" asked a five-year-old boy at dinner one evening. Probably his question was prompted by the suffering of...
Posted by: Intellectual Takeout on June 7, 2013
It was Thomas Jefferson and America’s founding generation that set culture on a new course when they declared that all human beings had the inalienable right to the “pursuit of happiness.” It has been said that that phrase in the Declaration of...
Posted by: Gleaves Whitney on June 5, 2013
One of the most influential tenets of Keynesian economics is the “Paradox of Thrift.” According to this paradox, one man’s savings is another man’s income. In fact, this is exactly what Keynes...
Posted by: Anja Hartleb on June 4, 2013
Commencement season is upon us, and so is the season of big dreams about changing the world—and of deep breaths over the impending doom of loan payback time. The clock has begun to tick, and the day draws nigh...
Posted by: Tessa Carter on June 3, 2013