With this usual clarity and thoroughness, Chuck Blahous explains in his new piece for Discourse Magazine why we’re fast approaching a point of no return on Social Security. This one's not for the faint of heart. discoursemagazine.com/p/reforming-so…

Our executive director here at Mercatus Center, Daniel M. Rothschild, has written a wonderful essay on the importance of prices and why trying to control them inevitably makes things worse. Check it out.discoursemagazine.com/p/prices-are-n…

Here's the latest Discourse Magazine essay from Martin Gurri on the nature of truth in a world where our cultural and other mediators are no longer trusted. It's a fascinating read. discoursemagazine.com/p/truth-follow…

Here is my latest for Discourse Magazine on how to use Saturday's tragic incident to tone down the rhetoric on both sides. Check it out. discoursemagazine.com/p/dont-let-a-t…

Also a version of my new Discourse Magazine essay was run by The Free Press. Thanks to Bari Weiss and Margi Conklin for agreeing to run it. thefp.com/p/biden-trump-…

Our new director, Ben Klutsey, has just released a fabulous conversation on Discourse Magazine with American Enterprise Institute's Yuval Levin on how to foster social cohesion at a time of divisiveness. It's definitely worth a listen. discoursemagazine.com/p/pluralist-po…

My Mercatus Center colleague, Eileen Norcross, has just published a fascinating and illuminating essay in Discourse Magazine on Catholic integralism and the new right. Check it out: discoursemagazine.com/p/how-catholic…

In Discourse Magazine today, Martin Gurri discusses what he calls the "moral seriousness" of the artists of 15th century Florence, focusing on three statues by the great Donatello. discoursemagazine.com/p/art-as-moral…

Here is my latest for Discourse Magazine on why, for all her recent success, Kamala Harris is a still weak candidate and this race is still a jump ball. Check it out. discoursemagazine.com/p/different-ca…

We've just published a great new piece in Discourse Magazine by the brilliant Andrey Mir on new rules for media literacy in the digital age. Check it out. discoursemagazine.com/p/the-seven-es…

Seven theses on media literacy (my latest in Discourse): Media literacy is 1. Cooperation with the inevitable 2. Internet hygiene 3. Authorship management 4. Fake management 5. Hormone therapy 6. Prompt literacy 7. Time management Discourse Magazine -> shorturl.at/QWHTD

Yesterday marked 50 years since the passing of brilliant humanist and polymath Jacob Bronowski. Timothy Sandefur (Timothy Sandefur) reflects on how Bronowski’s work continues to make a compelling case for the principles of liberalism. discoursemagazine.com/p/why-bronowsk…

Following up on the Bronowski anniversary: if you haven't watched his wonderful television documentary, The Ascent of Man, it's available on YouTube and well worth your time. Here is the first episode. Great stuff! youtube.com/watch?v=CH7SJf…

We've just posted on Discourse Magazine a wonderful essay by Andrey Mir on the real meaning of the arrest of Pavel Durov. It's definitely worth your time. discoursemagazine.com/p/is-durov-a-n…

My old boss, Daniel M. Rothschild, has penned a wonderful and fun essay for Discourse Magazine on the joys of reference books. Forget beach reading or even a serious biography and dive into an old set of Britannicas. discoursemagazine.com/p/in-praise-of…

The executive director of Mercatus Center, Ben Klutsey, has just published another of his wonderful conversations on pluralism on Discourse Magazine, this time with Ilana Redstone on the perils of certainty. It's well worth a listen. discoursemagazine.com/p/pluralist-po…

My latest for Discourse Magazine, on why need more... discourse. 😉discoursemagazine.com/p/we-need-more…

Here's a fun, new essay for Discourse Magazine from Christian Schneider on the GOP and pop culture. Enjoy! discoursemagazine.com/p/republicans-…

Here is our latest by Jon Gabriel for Discourse Magazine, on why small and local is almost always a better way to tackle problems. discoursemagazine.com/p/we-need-more…

We've posted some interesting analysis on last night's debate on Discourse Magazine, thanks to Christian Schneider, who watched the whole thing so that you didn't have to. discoursemagazine.com/p/harris-leave…