From early in 2020 until well into 2022, government officials in most countries imposed an array of draconian policies that were said to be necessary to protect the populace against COVID-19. In supposedly democratic nations like the United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, officials didn’t bother with legislation – they just decreed […]Read More

Classical liberal researchers notice paradoxes and dilemmas in their work, and those dilemmas shape their sense of calling. Here I remark on one dilemma. I draw on the Christian apologist C.S. Lewis, the author of the Narnia series. He says something about the work of Christians that parallels the work of classical liberal researchers. In […]Read More

My confidence in free markets is so high, and my faith (for faith is required) in government is so low, that my presumption is that nearly all government interventions into the economy are, on net, unjustified and harmful. This presumption fuels my instinct that these interventions should be eliminated pronto. But I’m also sufficiently influenced […]Read More

In the 1983 film Return of the Jedi, Admiral Ackbar turns to the officers on the bridge and says what everyone already knew: “It’s a trap!” It had seemed a little too easy to be able to destroy the main threat, permanently and with no risk. Of course that turned out badly for the Alliance; […]Read More

Not long ago, I flew into a small Ohio airport. Don’t ask why, sometimes Ohio just happens and you have to deal with it. Arriving late (having flown Delta: “Delayed Every Last Time Always”), I didn’t get in until after 11 pm. And I was worried about picking up my rental car, because all the […]Read More

If you think the US banking system has problems now, ninety years ago this month a new President shuttered the entire banking system for a week. Knock on wood that does not happen again, as we would likely get a dangerous central bank digital currency (CBDC) out of it. But some good might still come […]Read More

Only the tiny island nation of Tuvalu outpaces Americans in citizens’ “choice” to spend on healthcare (as a share of GDP). Most Americans who seek health services, however, would rail against our use of the term “choice.” Despite most adults’ expressing approval of their own physician, many are reluctant to see a doctor due to […]Read More

In 2021, Chobani became the first in the US dairy industry to achieve Fair Trade status after being certified by Fair Trade USA (FTUSA). This feat, however, wasn’t enough to keep at bay a class action lawsuit over claims that Chobani was still not doing enough to ensure equitable and sustainable practices. And, unfortunately, FTUSA […]Read More