Locked Up: How the Modern Prison-Industrial Complex Puts So Many Americans in Jail
Where you find the laws most numerous, there you will find also the greatest injustice. Arcesilaus, Greek philosopher and student of Plato on power and personal sovereignty There are no two ways about it: The United States of America and its 50 state governments love...
Freedom vs. Liberty: How Subtle Differences Between These Two Big Ideas Changed Our World
“I see the liberty of the individual not only as a great moral good in itself (or, with Lord Acton, as the highest political good), but also as the necessary condition for the flowering of all the other goods that mankind cherishes: moral virtue, civilization, the...
Food Is Freedom: How Washington’s Food Subsidies Have Helped Make Americans Fat and Sick
Farm subsidies are perhaps the ultimate, but secret, third rail of American politics. While entitlements are discussed out in the open, farm subsidies are rarely talked about – even though they are the most expensive subsidy Washington doles out. All told, the U.S....