Property Rights Are Human Rights
“The right of property is the guardian of every other right, and to deprive a people of this is, in fact, to deprive them of their liberty.” The Virginian Arthur Lee wrote...
The Luring Tide of Victimization
The narrative inundating our public life and academic work is one of black oppression. We are told that black powerlessness is the direct result of the oppressive activity of the dominant white...
The Importance of the Right Questions
For centuries, the main issue that occupied thinkers delving into economics was the question of justice. They wanted to create a just system of economic life and that is a question that...
Redistributing the Not Distributed
Taken at face value, the expression that something needs to be redistributed implies an initial distribution. For redistribution of wealth to obtain there must have been an initial distribution of wealth. Now, how to understand the...
Remembering the Rebirth of Freedom
The end of this week, October 3, marks the thirtieth anniversary of German reunification following the fall of Communism. It’s known as German Unity Day, but it might as well be called...
Caring Doesn’t Require a Degree
About twenty years ago, a local mother heard God asking her to do something to help. She knew that many women facing unexpected pregnancies sought an abortion because they felt they had...
The Quintessential Americans
Creating a new nation by severing connections with the past was the founders’ generation’s remarkable effort. By bringing together from afar various peoples, they were attempting to interweave threads historically deemed incompatible...
What is Self-Reliance?
At the Freedom and Virtue Institute (FVI), one of our core values is self-reliance. The term is featured in the name of our flagship program: self-reliance clubs. Does this mean that we advocate...
Religion in Government
[vc_row][vc_column offset="vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-xs-offset-1 vc_col-xs-1"][vc_column_text] The nomination of a devoutly Catholic federal judge to fill the latest vacancy on the United States Supreme Court has brought back into the spotlight a question that...