Media and Culture

The latest from the world of social media is the role of "influencers." There is a perfectly good economic explanation for their popularity.

The F.A. Hayek Memorial Lecture, sponsored by Greg and Joy Morin.

The latest from the world of social media is the role of "influencers." There is a perfectly good economic explanation for their popularity.

Never before have we seen an entire generation of young Americans being censored—and self-censoring—for making innocuous statements. This does not end well.

Never before have we seen an entire generation of young Americans being censored—and self-censoring—for making innocuous statements. This does not end well.

Lying by elites that control our nation's institutions has become so commonplace that now we only can dream and fantasize about what might happen if someone in those places told the truth.

In the name of "fighting racism," a number of writers and pundits are making social relationships between people of different races and ethnic groups more contentious.

Thanks to copyright laws, the estate of Roald Dahl can not only rewrite his books, but can also essentially outlaw the old versions. Only books in the public domain are safe from this.

Secularists cheer the decline of religion in Western societies, but that loss comes at a huge cost: the decline of civilization itself.

Rest in peace, "technolibertarianism." There was a time when many believed tech entrepreneurs would usher in a new era of freedom. Unfortunately, the new tech elites are technocratic collaborators with the regime.