The law that sounds reasonable – but isn’t
http://sutherlandinstitute.org/uploaded_files/meromoment/12-3-13MM.mp3 Partisan activists have used words like tolerance, fairness and equality to gain special rights. In the name of fairness, a...
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‘The Yellow Bird’ and the limits of liberty
http://sutherlandinstitute.org/uploaded_files/meromoment/12-10-13MM.mp3 English journalist and author G.K. Chesterton once wrote a parable about liberty titled “The Yellow Bird.” In this parable, a...
View ArticleUsing public policy to cover a multitude of sins
http://sutherlandinstitute.org/uploaded_files/meromoment/2-25-14MM.mp3 Sutherland Institute recently released a statement in support of the state Legislature’s refusal to expand Medicaid under...
View ArticleRead with caution: Why ‘The Law’ lacks context for today’s readers
I read The Law by Frédéric Bastiat in 1977, when I was 19 years old and attending a small college in North Texas. The Law, along with other writings on liberty, had a profound effect on my intellectual...
View ArticleCulture of traffic laws is upside down – Mero Moment, 5/27/14
Traffic laws are nearly precise metaphors for freedom. Driving without these laws would be unsafe – anarchy. But too many traffic laws begin to impinge on our personal liberties. In many real ways,...
View Article6 doctrines of freedom – Mero Moment, 7/22/14
There is a truism in some religious circles: Teaching doctrine changes behavior better than teaching behavior changes behavior. My business at Sutherland Institute is to teach freedom and I’ve long...
View ArticleRonald Reagan: Still remarkably relevant today
Thirty-five years ago today, on Nov. 13, 1979, Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy for the office of President of the United States. Though a generation and a half have passed since then, in many...
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