Category: Reflections

On a recent flight I was dismayed to see a long line behind the metal detector. As I approached the end of the line, I …

I happened to be in Cairo for the most recent bombing. In fact, I’d spent the entire day the day before at the Kahn al-Kahlili …

The cycle of hype-to-panic-to- retrenchment that followed the recent outbreak of swine flu was entirely predictable. Same with hurricanes, same with terrorism, same with shark …

Today, as I approach my 91st birthday, I have many retrospective thoughts, some pleasant and some not. In human life, so much often depends on …

Generally reluctant to vote Republican, I would have nonetheless supported Jack Kemp for president simply because of his passionate positions on free enterprise and race …

Wise men, from the first millennia suburbs of Athens to today’s Ph.D.s in linguistics at MIT, have long observed that if a problem, social or …

In modern economic parlance, the terms inequality and inequity are sometimes used interchangeably to mean unfair. This is not good. Used properly, inequality is a …

Isn’t it amusing that the suitor forced on Chrysler, which the auto company expected to rescue it from bankruptcy, has a name in English – …

A recent report high- lights a thorny problem for any and all would-be populists – class envy, the leveler, is blind to what nail it …

When I first joined the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, I was puzzled by my fellow reformers’ positions on free speech at universities. On …