For much of the 20th century, the grammar of status was written in leather, steel, and silk. The luxury watch on a wrist, the handbag dangling from an arm, the supercar idling outside a private club—these were the unmistakable semaphores of wealth and social standing. Thorstein Veblen, the great sociologist of the Gilded Age, termed this "conspicuous consumption": the public destruction...
A Framework for Freedom, Accountability, and the Common Good
ABSTRACT
This document presents a dual-framework charter: process constraints (presumption of liberty, evidentiary state, anti-capture) combined with a flourishing agenda (environmental stewardship, care infrastructure, wage floor, place-based community, arts, and meaning). The two frameworks are in productive...
The Ole Miss Rebels enter the 2026 season with a legitimate case to be crowned national champions. Coming off a historic 2025 campaign that saw them reach the College Football Playoff semifinals—the best season in program history—the Rebels have the experience, talent, depth, and favorable schedule necessary to finish the job this year. With a Heisman-caliber quarterback leading a...
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