Commentary - America's Future

By Louis Damani Jones • Jul 02,2021 Leadership, Limited Government

Is Compassionate Conservatism (Still) the Answer?

If you were tuned into politics in the 1990’s and early 2000’s, you probably heard of the concept of “compassionate conservatism”, but now it has all but faded from political...

By Jack Langley • Jul 01,2021 Culture

Baseball and Americana

Many changes can be seen occurring throughout the United States as we begin a slow but consistent return to normalcy throughout the country after what we hope is the downhill...

By Ashley Keimach • Jun 30,2021 Culture

Human Flourishing in Challenging Times

When the proper conditions are in place, human beings have the capacity to flourish. Often, it is the flourishing of individuals that causes communities to heal, families to bond ,...

By Ericka Andersen • Jun 30,2021 Professional Development

6 Reasons Non-Traditional Online Courses Are Worth the Investment

Online college courses have been around since the Internet became widely available, but other kinds of classes — those not necessarily taught by professors or for educational credit — have...

By Kelvey Vander Hart • Jun 29,2021 Markets & Free Enterprise

Environmentalists Against the Jones Act

The Jones Act (codified as the Merchant Marine Act of 1920) is a fairly obscure statute. But many market-based policy wonks agree that the protectionist regulation is much more far-reaching...

By D.K. Williams • Jun 28,2021 Markets & Free Enterprise

The Federal Reserve Bank: Setting Prices is So Soviet

Even in this epoch of electronic mail, the University of North Carolina Economics Department periodically sends out an actual paper newsletter in the mail. As an exceptionally indistinguished graduate of...