In his inauguration address, President George W. Bush exhorted Americans to act as “citizens” and to demonstrate the virtues necessary for good citizenship. Of course, the usual crowd thought that was great, especially following the narcissistic presidency of Bill Clinton. However, maybe it is time to look again at these demands made by the
According to the latest government statistics, the “heroic consumer” is keeping us out of recession, or at least is making our economy grow. That was the lead story on “NBC Nightly News” recently, which meant I was not much interested in hearing how it ended. Myths are myths, whether told by storytellers or by Tom Brokaw. At least Aesop’s
Although I am hardly a television junkie, I am quite aware of the grand success enjoyed by the new NBC Wednesday-night drama, “The West Wing.” At the recent Emmys, it received more awards than any other drama, and it apparently has a huge and faithful following. The star of the show is Martin Sheen, who plays President Josiah Bartlett, a left-wing
As trial lawyers continue to shake down U.S. businesses for conducting legitimate commercial practices, life insurers are now squarely in the crosshairs of the bar. According to The Wall Street Journal, about seventy-five life insurance companies face government probes for having had “race-based” premiums for their policies. The firm that is
The college football national championship is decided--in large part--by computer programming, not on the field. While the format of major college football’s method of deciding the national champion has been debated for eons (polls or playoffs?), the current method of choosing a champion suffers from the same fate as modern economic methodology,
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.