The West is once again mobilizing to strengthen African democracy. The Ford, MacArthur, and Open Society foundations recently launched a $20 million West Africa Democracy Fund, a seemingly ...

As President Trump governs from a mélange of conservative principles, many are wondering whether classical liberalism can find a home alongside the New Right. International relations scholar Francis ...

It’s safe to assume that the recently announced presidential debates will, as usual, be largely performative. Even so, throughout the year, ideas will be contested and debated (ad nauseum), as they ...

A draft of my chapter on "Land Use Regulation" for the forthcoming Routledge Handbook on Classical Liberalism (edited by Richard Epstein, Liya Palagashvili, and Mario Rizzo) is now available on SSRN.

I previously posted about my draft chapter on "Land-Use Regulation" for the forthcoming forthcoming Routledge Handbook on Classical Liberalism (edited by Richard Epstein, Liya Palagashvili, and Mario ...

D.J. Tice's commentary on simply traveling through the world, remaining in motion, struck a familiar chord with me ("The infinite elsewhere," Opinion Exchange, Nov. 25). It seemed like he was ...

Last weekend, a group of conservatives convened the annual Principles First Summit, this one with the theme of “Conserving America’s Liberal Tradition.” I spoke on the opening panel, alongside thinker ...

Despite their manifest differences and mutual aversions, the woke left – encompassing a large swath of progressive elites in the academy, media, entertainment, business, and government – and the new ...

This is the season for columnists to offer some new idea that encapsulates the year that was. I got nothing. But 2023 was the year I finally abandoned my opposition to an old idea — the horseshoe ...

The death of liberalism has been hailed or feared for well over a century now. In the United States, the tribal collectivists of identity politics and critical race theory insist that America has ...