Opinion
A British lord’s warning to his American cousins on their 250th birthday
"A republic, if you can keep it. Can you, cousins? Can you?" Lord Daniel Hannan asked the 2026 CLC audience.
Opinion
Adam Smith, economic freedom, and 250 years of flourishing
"The Wealth of Nations" being published the same year as the Declaration of Independence was no coincidence. Both works grew from John Locke and the Enlightenment belief that individuals possess natural rights and liberties.
Opinion
Remembering the second-most important achievement of 1776
Adam Smith made economic history during the same year American colonists declared independence from the British Crown.
Opinion
Idolize the Dream Gig
Wanna be an American Idol? If you can't make the cut, blame Adam Smith. Smith was an eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment philosopher. I don't know if he could sing, but he had some interesting things to say, by implication, about why would-be performers also wait tables, teach lessons, drive school busses, and sometimes even (c'est possible?) work in think tanks.
