Grand Inquisitor Says Oops
Francis Collins was head of the National Institutes of Health – Anthony Fauci’s parent bureaucracy – during the wreckage caused…
How the Madness of Crowds Wrecked Something Navy
Corporate bankruptcies in the US just hit the largest rate since the worst of the lockdowns. It’s a reflection of…
Why We Love the Nutcracker
Many people this holiday season will experience the joy of attending a local performance of The Nutcracker ballet by Pyotr…
This Silence Is Not Golden
At least the UK held public hearings, even if they were gamed from the start. There is a smidgeon of…
The Multifront Attack on Elon Musk
Elon Musk is the world’s richest man but also the number one target of the world’s richest governments and their…
What Will Become of Cities?
Everyone was supposed to be back at the office by now. It’s not really happening, however, and this has huge…
It’s Not Too Early to Name the Decade
The New Yorker is running a contest. What should we call our era? Some possible candidates: Terrible Twenties, the Age…
The Historian of Decline: Ludwig von Mises’s Relevance Today
[This piece was commissioned by Hillsdale College and presented on campus October 27, 2023] It’s an impossible task to explain…
Come On, Peggy Noonan, Just Say You Were Wrong
The answer to the question “Will they ever admit to being wrong?” is of course: no. I’m speaking in particular…
When Nearly All Governments in the World Met Their Match
What was the fundamental error of the Covid response? We’ve yet to come to terms with it. It traces to…