Magnitude Matters

Lasting intellectual, legal, and cultural progress comes by working with ideological opponents rather than despite them. As good as it might...

Partial list of difficult, unsavory (to the third-party at least), or troubling situations that third parties commonly attempt to help or ...

I've speculated on this before , as have others. As we sit anxiously awaiting a new year so as to put the current one behind us, this th...

To truly help those suffering from poverty (poverty of justice, poverty of spirit, poverty of options, poverty of opportunity, poverty of co...

In late summer every football fan begins to dream about the season to come with aspirational hopes for one's team and general excitement...

We stand at the precipice of a great opportunity . The government of China is doing what governments do by going state on Hong Kong . The le...

Consider the following hypothetical situations and associated questions. Some time in the 1800s . . . A captain of a ship discovers a y...

What is the logical difference in the following statements. In other words, why should I agree with some but not all or disagree with some...

With two important cases working their way through the courts (Jenkins v. NCAA and Alston v. NCAA), I continue to be optimistic that we are ...

So Jay Bilas of ESPN and Oliver Luck of Cosa Nostra the NCAA debated paying college athletes at an event hosted by FIRE. Andy Schwartz imag...

For roughly 70 years since end of World War II, we've been trying to bring America to "them". Isn't it time we gave bringi...

A pre-New Year's Resolution I am setting is to blog A LOT more (and not just more links, but in all honesty how else would you know what...

These people and their miniature worlds are so tiny. I'm crushing their heads! Be sure to hit the video at the end. Megan McArdle ask...

I listened to this NPR story on my way home from work today. The basic facts quickly: A disabled man uses marijuana for medicine. He says...

Into the caves Out on the shore If you're looking for poetry, look elsemore. Sumner illuminates the thing versus the thing that is...

Me: "Look what just came in the mail!" Me: "Wow! $100 off a case of wine. I really like wine. I'll put this to good ...

Almost three years later, I  along with tens of thousands of Americans  have now received back the money we had on deposit with FullTilt.com...

From Advanced NFL Stats : Last week a WSJ article about the Seahawks' defensive backs claimed that they " obstruct and foul oppos...

One of the great contradictions of America is that as we aspire to be a truly free and civilized country we continue to have such totalitari...

This  is really a story about prohibition. And prohibition is at its heart a story about economics. When you make something illegal t...