Task Forces and Working Groups
Task Forces and Working Groups
property rights
K–12 education
Islamism and the international order
virtues of a free society
economic policy

John and Jean De Nault Task Force on Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity: Op-eds

March 12, 2012 | Wall Street Journal

An Insurance Policy Against Inflation

The Fed should increase its cash reserve requirement for banks in order to prevent excessive credit creation...
March 7, 2012 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)

The Contraception Hawks

Does liberty favor the position of the Church or the Obama administration?...
March 6, 2012 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)

Government By 'Expert'

The modern administrative state is a behemoth incompatible with the rule of law...
February 29, 2012 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)

The Austerity Morass

Who has handled the economic crisis worse, the European Union or the United States?...
February 28, 2012 | Daily Caller (DC)

The self-fulfilling prophecy of an all-powerful president

The founders of this great nation did us the favor of overthrowing an imperial monarch. If we keep talking like we have an imperial president, we may just find ourselves with one...
February 21, 2012 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)

The Oil Market Panic

Politicians on both sides of the aisle must embrace the principle of laissez-faire...
February 14, 2012 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)

Obamacare's Bully Mandate

Can the federal government seize state revenues to pay for Medicaid?...
February 13, 2012 | Daily Caller (DC)

Lincoln’s prescient warning

A passage in [Lincoln's speech to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, in 1838] was particularly prescient, even for Lincoln, and warrants revisiting in this day of presidential proclamations and executive czars owing allegiance only to the president...
February 13, 2012 | Wall Street Journal

In Praise of 'Enviropreneurs'

Texas ranchers are saving exotic wildlife. Anti-hunting groups want to put them out of business...
February 7, 2012 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)

Title IX or Bust

At Yale, one student learns that universities are trapped by their federal grants...