Congratulations to Our Own David Bernstein, Josh Blackman, and Todd Zywicki!

I'm delighted to report that David and Josh are among the recipients of the Heritage Foundation's 2025 Freedom and Opportunity Academic Prize, and that Todd won it last year. Many other academics in various fields (law, economics, history, philosophy, political science, and more) also received the prizes.

Comments

[Kazinski]

Congratulations to them. I wish Zywicki was still blogging here, and Bernstein a little more.

Josh usually blogs enough although there are occasional coverage gaps.

[Stupid Government Tricks]

I disagree with a lot of Josh's conclusions, but I enjoy and learn from almost all his posts simply because he has an enthusiasm for law and the judiciary that no one else can match. I swear, sometimes I think he's a teenager gushing about soccer players more than a law professors, or playing Fantasy Justices and trying to guess what players will do what.

The funniest part is all his detractors, who go out of their way to post comments about what a waste of time his columns are, make fun of his university, and generally act like high school kids who didn't get elected to the student council. It's easy to bait them, and their reactions are pretty funny too.

[Bob from Ohio]

Congrats to them!

This comment thread should be something special.

[JoeFromtheBronx]

Josh Blackman doesn't deserve "congratulations," except sarcastically, from respectable people. Granted, the last part of the comment makes it sound like a participation trophy or something

("Many others got it ... it's not like that special or anything.")

[Stupid Government Tricks]

I didn't expect to be confirmed in my opinion of Josh-bashers just one minute later. Thank you!

[JoeFromtheBronx]

Having "enthusiasm for law and the judiciary" is nice though it's unclear that "no one can match" his.

Also, you can have enthusiasm and be quite wrong about things.

My comment does not arise from him "wasting" our time. It's a blog. Lots of blogs "waste time" doing things.

I also don't make some habit about making fun of his university. Some do. It's a bit silly though.

Thinking he specifically (note I didn't cite the other two) is worthy of scorn, based on reasons discussed in the past, is not acting like a person not winning the student council.

Some people are worthy of scorn. I think JB earned it and not for "wasting time" or what school he went to and so on.

His trolling doesn't help, but if being a successful troll amuses you, that's duly noted too.

[AtR]

Congratulations ... and well earned!