[The Medieval Constitution of Liberty: Political Foundations of Liberalism in the West, by Alexander Salter and Andrew T. Young, University of Michigan Press, 2023.]

On May 13, James Erdman III—an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)—bravely stepped forward to testify to the Senate Homeland Security Committee about a cover-up of the origins of the COVID pandemic instituted by the CIA’s leadership.

In recent days, as the trial unfolded of a horrific homicide at a track meet in Texas, public debate raged over the meaning of “self-defense.” While there are many different facets to the self-defense angle of that case, one key issue that is worth considering in more detail concerns the owner’s right to exclude anyone from his premises.

College athletics, particularly in the South, has long been one of the great institutions of this country. While the terminally anti-social may be quick to dismiss popular sports as “sportsball” and the latter half of “bread and circuses,” the reality is that popular sports have long served as an important connection in civil society, creating multi-generational stories of success and defeat, and providing valuable lessons about grit, hard work, and determination.