James Rogers

4 weeks ago | lawliberty.org | J. Bradford DeLong |James Rogers |Jodi Bruhn |John Berlau

University of California-Berkeley economic historian J. Bradford DeLong’s Slouching Toward Utopia tells the story of the breathtaking economic growth the world experienced between 1870 and 2010. While he sets his “grand narrative” against the twentieth century’s not-so-brilliant political (and military) history, it is the “forced marriage” of Friedrich Hayek’s free markets and Karl Polanyi’s social democracy that, for Delong, accounted for the progress of this century.

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.

Nov 14, 2024 | lawliberty.org | Stephen Breyer |James Rogers |James Hankins |David Schaefer

My Law & Liberty colleague John McGinnis observed regarding Stephen Breyer’s 2024 book, Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism, that one need not “be a rigid textualist” to conclude Breyer’s theory of statutory and constitutional interpretation “ultimately unpersuasive.” McGinnis’s point is entirely correct.

Jul 18, 2024 | japantoday.com | James Rogers

When discussing who is the best Japanese film director of all time, most will say Akira Kurosawa. The work of directors of his caliber just seems to stay with you for life, as if his art somehow modified your DNA. Certainly, Kanji Watanabe singing “Gondola No Uta” in Kurosawa’s film Ikiru is permanently burned into my soul. This kind of impact that a film has is the hallmark of a great director. Other notable Japanese directors include Hayao Miyazaki, Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujiro Ozu.

Feb 7, 2024 | realclearpolicy.com | James Rogers

The legal dispute between DHS and Texas has a number of moving parts that have been lost in the hyperbolic public discussion that has ensued.