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This Past Year Was Pretty Great. Here's a Wish List for 2026. Jan 12, 2026
Listening to the usual legacy media suspects, one might think 2025 was an apocalyptic wasteland of sorts — an authoritarian fever dream brought on by the return of Donald J. Trump to the Oval Office. The reality looked very different. This past... Read More
When We Were a Happier Country Jan 12, 2026
Scene: the Midwest in midcentury. The Madison, Wisconsin, neighborhood lived through the 1930s and 1940s, depression, wartime and polio. President Franklin Roosevelt's radio fireside chats built morale. My father's mother, Marie, a widowed nurse with... Read More
The Government Controls Too Much Land in the West Jan 09, 2026
In which jurisdiction does the federal government own a higher percentage of the land? Is it in the District of Columbia, which sits on the East Coast and serves as the nation's capital, or is it in California, which sits on the West Coast and is one... Read More
Should We Listen When Wealthy People Offer to Pay More in Taxes? Jan 09, 2026
There is something emotionally satisfying about watching a wealthy person call for higher taxes on people like himself. It feels civic-minded, even noble. A recent commentary by former Utah senator, Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential ... Read More
