by Publius | Jan 6, 2021 | Course and Scholarship Updates
By David Heddendorf| (Source) Mr. Munson owned a 1966 Mustang convertible that he bought after seeing an ad in the local paper. All his friends congratulated him on an excellent deal. He loved his Mustang for its looks and for the way it drove, but he didn’t know...
by Publius | Jul 15, 2020 | Economics and Enterprise, Grey Matter
By Walter Williams | (Source) Thomas Sowell has been both a friend and a colleague of mine for over a half-century. On June 30, he completed his 90th year of life, and I want to highlight some important features of that life. Sowell was born in Gastonia, North...
by Publius | Mar 18, 2020 | Contemporary Culture, Economics and Enterprise, Grey Matter
By Annie Holmquist | (Source) Just a few weeks ago I was surprised to see a headline indicating American confidence had increased over the past few years. The following chart from a January Gallup poll gives a glimpse into that confidence: How quickly things change....
by Publius | Mar 11, 2020 | Economics and Enterprise, Family, Grey Matter
By Rep. Ted Budd| (Source) Why are some millennials more financially secure than others? The answer has to do with individual life choices. Americans who graduate high school, start working, get married, and have children—in that order—are significantly less...
by Publius | Nov 27, 2019 | Economics and Enterprise, Grey Matter
By David Noonan | (Source) The recipe for succeeding in any given field is hardly a mystery: good ideas, hard work, discipline, imagination, perseverance and maybe a little luck. Oh, and let’s not forget failure, which Dashun Wang and his colleagues at Northwestern...
