George Hawley Journalist Profile

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The Rules and the Game – John G. Grove

4 weeks ago | lawliberty.org | John Grove |Jodi Bruhn |John Berlau |George Hawley

Of all the signs of spring, none is as exciting and as American as baseball’s Opening Day. Yet recently, each new season has come with fresh complaints about the sport. It’s definitely not dying as some argue. But neither is its popularity rising. Many commentators and casual fans are concerned that the sport is too “boring” for modern audiences. And while more devoted fans would probably contest that description, there is a sense that something is amiss with the way the game is currently played.
A Teaching Moment – Michael Q. McShane

4 weeks ago | lawliberty.org | Michael Q. McShane |Jodi Bruhn |John Berlau |George Hawley

The passing of time has a funny way of playing with our memories. The coronavirus pandemic particularly distorted our perception, as days of monotonous isolation ran into each other, flattening weeks or months (or even years depending on where one lived). But even absent such a disorienting event, we humans tend to look back with rose-colored glasses and conflate what we know now with what we knew then.
Social Science and Big Government – Lewis M. Andrews

1 month ago | lawliberty.org | Lewis Andrews |Jodi Bruhn |John Berlau |George Hawley

No matter how successfully Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) identify the waste in federal spending, their achievements will not be secure without a closer look at how Washington became so profligate in the first place.
A Wake-Up Call for State Governments – Thomas Savidge

1 month ago | lawliberty.org | Thomas Savidge |Jodi Bruhn |John Berlau |George Hawley

March 25, 2025 Fights over federal spending should be a warning: state policymakers must prepare for inevitable cuts. On the afternoon of January 27, a memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) went out stating that there would be a temporary pause on grant, loan, and other financial assistance programs at the OMB effective 5 PM Eastern time the next day. As quickly as the memo went out, it was rescinded.
Three Myths That Shape Canadian Politics – Jodi Bruhn

1 month ago | lawliberty.org | Jodi Bruhn |John Berlau |George Hawley |Asheesh Agarwal

It’s early spring in Canada, four months after US President Donald J. Trump announced he would be imposing a 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods. A few days later, he offered to make Canada the 51st state. To say that many Canadians have not taken this well would be an understatement. A good portion of us appear to have lost our minds. Exhibit A: On February 20, a Member of Parliament introduced a petition to revoke the citizenship of tech billionaire Elon Musk, whose mother is from Saskatchewan.
Alien Enemies, Alien Friends, and the Concept of “Allegiance” – Robert G. Natelson

1 month ago | lawliberty.org | Robert G. Natelson |John Berlau |George Hawley |Asheesh Agarwal

Even before President Trump invoked powers under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, the historical meaning of “alien enemy” had become a topic of controversy, because the distinction between an alien enemy and an alien friend is also relevant in the context of immigration and birthright citizenship.
Whose Idea of America? – Haley Strack

1 month ago | lawliberty.org | Peggy Noonan |Haley Strack |George Hawley |Asheesh Agarwal

When Jackie Kennedy died, Peggy Noonan distilled America’s love for its First Lady into a little over a dozen paragraphs, nearly all of them perfect. “A nation watched, and would never forget” how Jackie carried herself the weekend of her husband’s murder, Noonan wrote.
Be Thankful for Covid Federalism – James R. Rogers

1 month ago | lawliberty.org | James Rogers |Jodi Bruhn |John Berlau |George Hawley

It is taken as a matter of course in legal commentary that the US federal structure exacerbated the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic by preventing a uniform national response to the public health threat.
The Diploma Divide – George Hawley

1 month ago | lawliberty.org | Matt Grossmann |David Hopkins |George Hawley |Asheesh Agarwal

The modern conservative movement’s antipathy toward academia was present at the moment of its birth. William F. Buckley became a national figure thanks to his 1951 book, God and Man at Yale, which attacked his alma mater for abandoning its Christian heritage and embracing left-wing economics. In the late 1980s, Allan Bloom became an important public intellectual because of The Closing of the American Mind, which argued that universities had abandoned the quest for truth.
Will Religion Replace Race as the New Identity Politics?

Nov 27, 2024 | city-journal.org | George Hawley

Most Republicans are understandably elated by the 2024 election results: the GOP will soon control the White House and both chambers of Congress. Exit polls, which showed comparatively strong Republican performance among minority voters, render increasingly implausible the notion that demographic change alone will usher in a permanent Democratic majority. This decline in racial and ethnic polarization, at least in voting choices, should be celebrated.