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American Values

Adam Conover of "The G Word"

Television

The G Word Begs Americans To Fall Back in Love with Uncle Sam

Adam Conover and President Barack Obama want to unruin the federal government. But they’re not really willing to truly consider that it’s too big and too wasteful.

Scott Shackford | 7.4.2022 7:30 AM

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Immigration

The Somin Family's D-Day

June 6 is not only the anniversary of D-Day, but also of the Somin family's arrival in America, back in 1979. This post reprints my reflections on that milestone, which I hope remain relevant today.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.6.2022 1:33 PM

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Christianity

America on Trial

Stephanie Slade | 11.27.2020 6:00 AM

Our American Story

Volokh Conspiracy

A Round-Up of Posts in the Volokh Conspiracy Symposium on "Our American Story: The Search for a New National Narrative"

A listing with links to all the posts in the series.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.7.2019 10:45 AM

Our American Story

Volokh Conspiracy

An American Community

The Eighth post in the Volokh Conspiracy symposium on "Our American Story: The Search for a Shared National Narrative" (ed. by Joshua Claybourn).

Nikolas K. Gvosdev |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.6.2019 1:30 PM

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Volokh Conspiracy

Forty Years in America

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Somin family's arrival in America.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.6.2019 1:24 PM

Our American Story

Volokh Conspiracy

Foot-Voting Nation

The seventh post in the Volokh Conspiracy symposium on "Our American Story: The Search for a Shared National Narrative" (ed. by Joshua Claybourn).

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.6.2019 10:20 AM

Our American Story

Volokh Conspiracy

The Declension Narrative

The sixth post in the Volokh Conspiracy symposium on "Our American Story: The Search for a Shared National Narrative" (ed. by Joshua Claybourn).

Jason Kuznicki |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.5.2019 1:15 PM

Our American Story

Volokh Conspiracy

American as a Social Movement

The fifth post in the Volokh Conspiracy symposium on "Our American Story: The Search for a Shared National Narrative" (ed. by Joshua Claybourn).

Eleanor Clift |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.5.2019 10:40 AM

Our American Story

Volokh Conspiracy

Prudent Minimalism: How to Forge a National Consensus

The fourth post in the Volokh Conspiracy symposium on "Our American Story: The Search for a Shared National Narrative" (ed. by Joshua Claybourn).

Richard A. Epstein |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.4.2019 1:15 PM

Our American Story

Volokh Conspiracy

Less Jefferson, More Franklin

The third post in the Volokh Conspiracy symposium on "Our American Story: The Search for a Shared National Narrative" (ed. by Joshua Claybourn).

Gerard N. Magliocca |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.4.2019 10:30 AM

Our American Story

Volokh Conspiracy

In Search of a Shared National Narrative

The second post in the Volokh Conspiracy symposium on "Our American Story: The Search for a Shared National Narrative" (ed. by Joshua Claybourn).

Joshua Claybourn |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.3.2019 3:32 PM

Our American Story

Volokh Conspiracy

Introducing the Volokh Conspiracy Symposium on "Our American Story: The Search for a New National Narrative"

The symposium will include posts by contributors to this new book on what makes America and its history distinctive.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.3.2019 1:15 PM

Voting

Why Voting Based on Values Can't Overcome the Problem of Political Ignorance

Values are important. But so is factual knowledge about public policy. In some ways, the significance of values actually makes the problem of voter ignorance more pressing, not less so.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.6.2018 1:25 PM

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Nationalism

No Freedom From the Church of America

The religion this church administers is Americanism, a species of nationalism.

Sheldon Richman | 2.4.2018 8:00 AM

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American Values

Rex Tillerson Is Right: Trump, and All U.S. Presidents, Speak For Themselves

American values are a bottom-up, not top-down, affair

Ed Krayewski | 8.28.2017 11:05 AM

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American Values

Thanksgiving: A Day For Thumbing Your Nose at Those Haughty Elites!

Food historian Rachel Laudan on why we never add truffles to our turkeys.

Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein | 11.24.2016 10:30 AM

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About Michelle Obama/Melania Trump's 'Values': Their Husbands Don't Really Live By Them

But they are bromides typical of vacuous mainstream politics.

Ed Krayewski | 7.19.2016 10:50 AM

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Sex

More Americans Enjoy Same-Sex Experiences

And naturally more accept same-sex sexuality

Ronald Bailey | 6.1.2016 12:40 PM

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American Values

Baby Boomers and the Politics of Midcentury Nostalgia

"Our body politic is itself an aging boomer looking back upon his glory days," argues Yuval Levin in his new book.

Ira Stoll | 5.23.2016 4:00 PM

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Politics

Why 1995 is the Year that Created the Future

Nick Gillespie and Todd Krainin | 2.20.2015 11:16 AM

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Politics

Hyphenated Americans Don't Undermine America

Their hyphen makes them appreciate America in a way that natives can't

Shikha Dalmia | 1.22.2015 10:54 AM

Politics

'America Has Ceased to Exist': Investment Guru Doug Casey on the Coming Economic Meltdown

Nick Gillespie and Amanda Winkler | 6.25.2014 11:09 AM

Economics

32 Percent of Voters Believe American Society is Not Fair

Tying highest level in over six years

Reason Staff | 10.22.2013 9:40 AM

Policy

3 Reasons the Boston Bombing Case Should Not Change Our Attitudes About Privacy

And one reason why it should.

Brian Doherty | 4.23.2013 4:30 PM

Politics

Rational Man

The skeptic who scandalized Victorian America.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 1.24.2013 4:30 PM

Politics

Elizabeth Warren's Cherokee History Dissolves. Will Hekawi Tribe Offer Papers?

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.17.2012 1:12 PM

Politics

America the Exceptional?

The 9/11 attacks did not kill liberty in America.

Shikha Dalmia | 9.13.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

What's More Important for Success: Hard Work or Luck?

Emily Ekins | 9.9.2011 11:00 AM

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