In recent decades, the vicissitudes of U.K. politics have projected onto the world a narrow image of Scotland as a hotbed of socialism and nationalism, a realm where victimhood and provincialism reign supreme. Reading the headlines, it is easy to disregard unless one is somewhat familiar with the country’s history and intellectual tradition, and the eminent place Scotland occupies in the scholarly world of science and social science, this country’s contribution to civilization and the culture of liberty.

The response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a Colorado web designer’s refusal to offer personal services for same-sex marriages has been surprisingly muted. This is unfortunate because the decision in 303 Creative deserves much more discussion on its merits. The core legal conclusions, supported by a 6-3 majority, have far-reaching implications for preserving a dynamic, entrepreneurially-based economy.

“Three TSA officers at Miami International Airport were arrested last week for allegedly stealing from airline passengers,” Fox News reports. “While some of the officers attempted to distract passengers as they went through screenings, the others would rifle through passengers’ belongings in search of money.” The TSA trio “managed to steal $600 from a single passenger’s wallet.” Such theft by government employees is not a new development. 

“The Great Grift.” That’s the name investigative reporters Richard Lardner, Jennifer McDermott, and Aaron Kessler have given history’s largest, most widespread, and so far, successful fraud against U.S. taxpayers.

One thing Lang Martinez said he learned after living on the streets of Ventura County, California , was that being homeless was worse than being in prison.

Six major flaws in the current draft of the K-12 mathematics instructional framework should lead the California State Board of Education to reject it and start over. The board is having a final hearing on the framework on Wednesday, July 12.

No better, more reliable forecaster of the US business cycle has existed in recent decades than the initial shape of the US Treasury yield curve, and since last October, it’s been signaling another US recession that’s likely to begin in 2024. This is important because recessions have been associated with bear markets in stocks and bull markets in bonds. Moreover, if a recession arrives early in 2024 it may affect the US elections in November.

For a federal agency tasked and trusted with deciding whether the latest medical goods and procedures should be on the market, the FDA seems hopelessly behind the times. But a recent reversal of a forty-year ban is a step in the right direction.

Angel Studios may be setting a new standard for social impact filmmaking. I knew the studio’s new movie, Sound of Freedom, was a winner when I first tried to buy tickets online: The first three showings on July 4th, release day, were nearly sold out. Indeed, its marketing campaign may be one of the best examples of social media film marketing filmmaking in recent history. (I found out about the movie through my Facebook feed.)

The Supreme Court has determined President Biden’s student loan relief scheme is unconstitutional. Because of that ruling, millions of student loan borrowers will resume making monthly payments on their debt in October.