
Richard K. Vedder
“All men are created equal,” are the opening words of the Declaration of Independence from that annus mirabilis 1776. Male…
Every year for more than three-quarters of a century, the federal government has issued a book-length report on the economy:…
From around 2010 to the present, a woke supremacy took charge on many American college campuses, upending a traditional emphasis…
Americans correctly believe that the federal government is notoriously fiscally inefficient and irresponsible. This inefficiency is particularly noticeable regarding the…
The United States is unique in having universities make the sponsoring of ball throwing and kicking contests a significant part…
The famed editor of the New-York Tribune, Horace Greeley, said shortly after the end of the Civil War: “Go West,…
In clearing out an office with six decades of materials — grade books, journal articles, papers given at scholarly meetings,…
Our nation, arising out of the American Revolution, was blessed with a disproportionate number of leaders with extraordinary accomplishments in…
I recently passed my 85th birthday, having been born on a now constitutionally prohibited event in American history (the Election…