Harrington vs. Hobbes: There will be blood
… [T]he principles of government are twofold: internal, or the goods of the mind; and external, or the goods of…
… [T]he principles of government are twofold: internal, or the goods of the mind; and external, or the goods of…
Last week I attended a conference on environmental regulation that reminded me how difficult it is to balance the demands…
By the age of five, Eric Hoffer could read English and German. At seven, he went blind. At fifteen, he…
The surplus of sarcasm, of critics, should suggest to us how much easier it is to deny something than affirm….
Well, not quite. But hard-and-fast localists are sure to quease and wheeze at the Wall Street Journal’s cover story on school…
You’ve caught a criminal responsible for a serious crime. What do you do with him? If the crime is bad…
NOTE: I wrote this piece as part of a two-part piece discussing the merits of online registration. Since the benefits…
As the Senate Judiciary Committee considers Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s qualifications for a seat on the nation’s highest court, staffers…
Implicit promises are breaking down on the left, and person suffering from all of them is the President of the…
Sir Matthew Hale offers wisdom for Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Connor EwingA member of the Humane Pursuits editorial board, Connor…
Checking in at the Supreme Court N.B. This post was written and set to publish prior to President Obama’s announcement…
A few weeks ago, young Oakland pitcher Dallas Braden launched into a verbal tirade against Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez’s…
Kevin Vance “Who’s Afraid of a Big Bad Hung Parliament?” That’s the question asked by Peter Riddell in the Times…
In contemporary constitutional law, it seems as if any inquiry about where the Constitution falls on a particular point of…
The buzzword in Colorado these days is “economic development.” While Denver mayor John Hickenlooper has done impressive things with the…
By Wilhelmina Makepeace Thackeray This is the third of four articles Humane Pursuits will run on state politics. North Carolinians…
By Gresham Kay This is the second of four articles Humane Pursuits will run on state politics. Mississippi is a…
The legislature in Harrisburg offers a profound case study in what makes a principled leader effective. Jace YarbroughJace is a…
“It is a vital national security interest of the United States to reduce these conflicts because whether we like it…
It is May 13, which makes today the 412th anniversary of the Edict of Nantes, a document granting religious toleration…