Big Ideas

A Bigger Ten: In Defense of Conference Expansion Alan W. Dowd 11/30/2012

A question of dollars and sense: why you should embrace college sports conference disruption.

Lenders and Spenders: Confronting the Political Reality of Debt Arnold Kling 11/20/2012

Is federal debt really nothing more than money ‘we owe to ourselves’? No. It frays the political fabric, and we are feeling its effects already.

Our Greatest Civic Ritual Michael R. Strain 11/06/2012

What in the history of mankind would make you think that such a thing was possible?

Energy Is Everywhere Kenneth P. Green 10/24/2012

Nearly half of what people pay for energy comes ‘embodied’ in the various goods and services that they use, and about half of that comes down to two things: food and health care.

A Son of Europe Reflects on the EU’s Nobel Prize Vaclav Smil 10/15/2012

The Nobel Committee should have named the U.S. and NATO as equal co-recipients for their role in transforming Europe ‘from a continent of war to a continent of peace.’

Eric Hobsbawm, Eugene Genovese, and the End of History Lee Harris 10/05/2012

Grand historical narratives have been repeatedly abused by those true believers who convince themselves that a few million lives are a small price to pay to get to the End of History a little quicker.

Is the Nation of Immigrants Becoming a Nation of Emigrants? Nick Schulz 10/03/2012

Vivek Wadhwa on the immigrant exodus that threatens the United States.

Apple, Disney, and Dreams of Corporate Utopias Edward Tenner 09/28/2012

Steve Jobs and Walt Disney: Revered founders and their plans for radical buildings.

Stop Apologizing for Our Liberties Lee Harris 09/26/2012

You cannot apologize to a fanatic. It only serves to convince him that he was right all along, and that is the last course the United States should be pursuing at this critical juncture of world history.

England’s Deep Magic Michael R. Strain 09/21/2012

England is an ancient land, burdened and liberated by tradition, and pervaded with a sense of stewardship.