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Only Half in Fun: William F. Buckley’s NYC Mayoral Campaign, 50 Years Later
George Will wrote that 1965 was “the hinge of our postwar history.” William F. Buckley Jr. played a crucial role...
Have You Read “[i]The Federalist Papers[/i] of American Conservatism”?
The classic 1964 book What Is Conservatism?, featuring essays by F. A. Hayek, William F. Buckley Jr.,...
Concealed Carry = Campus Safety
Not even Britain's most extreme gun laws stop criminals from committing violence.
Pithy or Toxic? How to Write Good Satire
Learn the difference between philanthropic wit and misanthropic dreck from the likes of Chesterton, Mencken, Buckley—and...
Should Governments be Allowed to Default on their Debt?
This UN resolution is effectively leapfrogging over the creditors and telling the debtors, “do what feels right.”
A Tax Too Far
According to John Locke and John Adams, your paycheck is your property, and government is forbidden to tax it.
Are Human Rights a Legal or Moral Matter?
Are evils like rape, murder, or torture wrong because they are immoral or because they are illegal?
Nothing Fails like the Success of Private Enterprise and Freedom
For the first time in human history, people in most of the world are more worried about the risks of gaining weight...
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