Alex Trembath is the deputy director of the Breakthrough Institute. Reviews of False Alarm, by Bjorn Lomborg, and Apocalypse Never, by Michael Shellenberger.
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Adam Smith 300

In July’s Adam Smith 300 essay for Capital Matters, George Mason University economics professor Don Boudreaux writes about Smith’s presumption for unilateral free trade. The burden of proof is on ...
How does the Supreme Court really work — and how does one of its youngest justices balance life, law, and seven children?
Besides all the headline races in the northeast, the GOP had a bad night in some under-the-radar races in Georgia and Mississippi.
This Is Spinal Tap’s backward showbiz parody predicts Hollywood liberalism on the wrong side of culture and history.
I helped create Princeton’s free-expression event for freshman orientation. The university turned it into yet another indoctrination session.
Cheney redefined the role of vice president while serving alongside President George W. Bush for two terms that were shaped by the war on terror.
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, redefining the Pentagon’s mission to make the anti-drug campaign a “high priority,” today gave military commanders three weeks to find new ways to stop the flow of ...
Maybe a lot of revenge, actually. Mamdani is essentially the “burn it all down” candidate for large numbers of those who will cast a vote for him today: New York isn’t working, it will never work for ...
New Mexico’s ‘Free’ Child Care an Attempt to Cover for Past Failures Don’t Cry for Argentina A Case Study in Economic Self-Harm The Rise of the Artisan Economy Climate Policy: Stormy Weather? The week ...
The voicemail was left on the same day that Sheehy voted in favor of President Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill Act.’ ...
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The Perils of Populism

P opulism isn’t necessarily bad, but it can be very dangerous. Before touting populism as an unadulterated good, we should consider why that is.