Value is established on the margins. That is a central insight of both Austrian and neoclassical economics, but it is useful in thinking about history as well. Consider the ostracized, marginalized ...

Islamic terror has been trending down for five years. Some American officials said this would never happen. America has failed to properly fight terrorism, said ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Caroline Winterer (The Culture of Classicism) discussed how America's founders were influenced by Greek and Roman philosophies as well those ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professor Hadley Arkes talked about the enlightenment ideas that contributed to the concept that power should be derived from the consent of the ...

Marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this year’s Night of Ideas explores the roots of our modern ...

Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology. Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology, and see how the “civilizing” project that arose from Enlightenment ideas was fraught ...