State and local governments fund their operations from two major sources: federal (and, for local governments, state) transfers, and own-source taxes. But there is a third source of income: own-source non-tax revenues. These range from higher-ed tuition payments to …
Over at the Bleeding Hearts Libertarian blog, Peter Boettke has an interesting post comparing these two defenses of freedom by Milton Friedman. I had always thought of Capitalism and Freedom as the better academic book, regarding Free to Choose as …
James Q. Wilson has died at the age of 80. He was arguably the greatest social scientist of his generation and, inarguably, a great teacher, mentor, and patriot.
Jim Wilson’s writings, teaching (at Harvard, UCLA, and Pepperdine), and personal guidance …
George Thomas, Keith Whittington, and Ted McAllister evaluate David Bernstein’s important new book Rehabilitating Lochner: Defending Individual Rights Against Progressive Reform.
George Thomas
When the Legend becomes Fact…
Effective story-telling is ultimately an exercise of power. When historical accounts take on the authority of received wisdom they frame the reality we experience, offering simplified narratives of our inheritance and narrowed perspectives on our current range of choices. 
Powerful …
I recently taught an undergraduate class on the history of civil liberties in the United States. After a class session on the U.S. Supreme Court case of Lochner v. New York (1905), a student came up to me and asked …
Tom has a characteristically funny and insightful post on legal realism and formalism. Here is an excerpt:
Of course every legal system, if it is a legal system, is to a degree mechanical and if it’s not just a mathematical …
For those who still have the patience—or the sick curiosity—to follow Europe’s parody on democracy and the rule of law, it’s been a fascinating few days.
Forget Greece and Portugal: fiscal consolidation in Spain and Italy isn’t going particularly well, …
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