Today at The Federalist, I wrote about the history of progressivism and eugenics.
Nixon, examined
StandardToday at The Weekly Standard, my review of John A. Farrell’s Richard Nixon: The Life.
Less coercion is more freedom
StandardToday at The Federalist, I write about why the census should demand less information of Americans, not more.
A Colony in a Nation
StandardI reviewed Chris Hayes’s new book, A Colony in a Nation, for The Federalist.
The Best of Irish Baseball
StandardFor St. Patrick’s Day, you might enjoy my latest at Hardball Times, “The Best Irish Ballplayers of All Time“.
Repeal JASTA
StandardToday at The Federalist, I wrote about why we shouldn’t use the court system to conduct foreign policy.
Who can be president
StandardA lot of state legislators want to require presidential candidates to publish their tax returns before they’re allowed on the ballot. Today at The Federalist, I wrote about why that’s unconstitutional.
Soda tax
StandardToday at The Federalist, I wrote about a subject that’s close to home: Philadelphia’s soda tax, and what it says about the moral bankruptcy of the city’s six decades of one-party rule.
Don’t Change Baseball’s Extra Inning Rules
StandardToday at The Federalist, I wrote about the terrible no-good ideas coming out of Major League Baseball’s front office, and why we should push back against them.
Citizens United: Does it matter?
StandardToday at The Federalist, I wrote about the effect of the Citizens United decision in the 2016 elections. Despite the doomsaying from the left, the best fundraising candidates lost, in primaries and the general.