http://www.american.com These stories are conceptual--food for thought. daily 1 2007-03-29T16:41:19Z http://www.american.com/archive/2009/november/the-berlin-wall-20-years-later The occasion of remembering the fall of the Wall is a fitting time to recall the broader sweep of events that surrounded it. No publisher Steven F. Hayward big-ideas 2009-11-10T14:59:11Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/november/the-road-from-serfdom Given the renewed interest in alternatives to capitalism, it is perhaps appropriate to recall the last time that socialism was tried with real gusto. No publisher Marian L. Tupy big-ideas 2009-11-06T21:18:53Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/october/greed-is-not-good-and-its-not-capitalism Capitalism doesn’t need greed. What capitalism does need is human creativity and initiative. No publisher Jay W. Richards big-ideas 2009-10-14T19:57:38Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/august/stimulating-the-young Investing in the youngest among us yields rates of return that are comparable to the high return on stocks over the long run. No publisher James Heckman 2009-08-06T21:40:52Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/july/human-rights-and-democracy-betrayed The early months of the Obama administration suggest that it has fallen prey to a false and foolish choice. The values and impulse of idealism that animated United States foreign policy have flatlined. No publisher Ambassador Richard S. Williamson 2009-08-27T20:36:16Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/july/the-blue-state-meltdown-and-the-collapse-of-the-chicago-model This should be the moment the Blue Man basks in glory. An urbane president sits in the White House and a San Francisco liberal runs the House. But blue states are undergoing a meltdown. No publisher Joel Kotkin 2009-07-22T13:34:14Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/july/morals-markets-and-the-pope The desire for the worldwide redistribution of wealth in Pope Benedict’s encyclical is a stubborn temptation. It is the siren song of utopianism. No publisher Joseph Loconte 2009-07-16T20:48:00Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/july/behind-the-green-dam The controversies over Internet filtering are only just beginning. No publisher James V. DeLong 2009-07-08T19:54:26Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/july/free-markets-envy-and-olaskys-law In a recent interview, the architect of compassionate conservatism, Marvin Olasky, discusses how evangelicals should think about free markets, what constitutes true justice, and when bad charity drives out good. No publisher The American 2009-07-07T19:12:16Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/july/australia-understands-the-china-threat-does-the-us The U.S.-Australia military relationship remains strong, but Australia would be justified in questioning whether the United States is taking the China threat as seriously as they are. No publisher Michael Mazza 2009-07-07T20:50:19Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/june/despite-the-doubters-its-still-top-dollar There’s much chatter that the Chinese renminbi will eventually replace the U.S. dollar as the world’s preeminent international reserve currency, but this supposed inevitability is highly questionable. No publisher Desmond Lachman 2009-06-26T19:34:35Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/june/offsets-chipping-away-at-the-cap The House of Representatives recently received a painful lesson in the pitfalls of carbon offsets. Despite this, it has decided to ignore this important lesson in its cap-and-trade bill. No publisher Ted Gayer 2009-06-22T21:30:41Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/june/old-and-in-the-fray-the-coming-entrepreneurship-boom It’s no secret the population of the United States is aging rapidly. The country may be on the cusp of an entrepreneurship boom—not in spite of this aging population but because of it. No publisher Dane Stangler 2009-06-16T21:20:51Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/may-2009/obama2019s-european-energy-vacation President Obama is absolutely right that we can learn a lot from the European approach to energy. But he is dead wrong on what those lessons are. No publisher Max Schulz 2009-05-27T21:49:18Z BernArticle http://www.american.com/archive/2009/may-2009/decoding-the-use-of-gene-patents In good news, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has resisted researchers' overreaching in their patenting of genes, and researchers’ work is seldom compromised by patents. No publisher John E. Calfee 2009-05-15T01:58:03Z BernArticle