Big Ideas

Is Foggy Bottom Ready for Irregular Warfare? Robert Haddick 08/04/2009

This decade the U.S. military, led by its mid-ranking and junior leaders, has adapted to the demands of irregular warfare. It has thus renewed centuries of American tradition. Now American statesmen must show similar powers of adaptation.

The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-intellectuals Blake Hurst 07/30/2009

Farming has always been messy and painful, and bloody and dirty. It still is. This is something the critics of industrial farming never seem to understand.

Ten Ways to Do Better in the Next Financial Cycle Alex J. Pollock 07/28/2009

We can do better next time provided we take these steps.

Capitalism, Jewish Achievement, and the Israel Test George Gilder 07/27/2009

Israel has become one of the most important economies in the world, and is second only to the United States in its pioneering of technologies benefitting human life, prosperity, and peace.

Human Rights and Democracy Betrayed Ambassador Richard S. Williamson 07/23/2009

The early months of the Obama administration suggest that it has fallen prey to a false and foolish choice. The values and impulse of idealism that animated United States foreign policy have flatlined.

The Blue-State Meltdown and the Collapse of the Chicago Model Joel Kotkin 07/22/2009

This should be the moment the Blue Man basks in glory. An urbane president sits in the White House and a San Francisco liberal runs the House. But blue states are undergoing a meltdown.

Morals, Markets, and the Pope Joseph Loconte 07/17/2009

The desire for the worldwide redistribution of wealth in Pope Benedict’s encyclical is a stubborn temptation. It is the siren song of utopianism.

Behind the Green Dam James V. DeLong 07/09/2009

The controversies over Internet filtering are only just beginning.

Free Markets, Envy, and Olasky’s Law The American 07/08/2009

In a recent interview, the architect of compassionate conservatism, Marvin Olasky, discusses how evangelicals should think about free markets, what constitutes true justice, and when bad charity drives out good.

Australia Understands the China Threat. Does the U.S.? Michael Mazza 07/08/2009

The U.S.-Australia military relationship remains strong, but Australia would be justified in questioning whether the United States is taking the China threat as seriously as they are.