Economics Writer and Journalist
American Institute for Economic Research, November 30, 2023
One of the most popular sitcoms of the 1980s, Family Ties, featured two ex-hippies raising a family in the era of Ronald Reagan. Their eldest son Alex, played by a young Michael J. Fox, was an unabashed, necktie-wearing conservative who idolized Milton Friedman and excelled academically. Alex was, of course, an economics major…
American Institute for Economic Research, November 12, 2023
There is no evidence, as far as I know, that Adam Smith ever heard of the game of baseball (for the record, ChatGPT considers it “highly unlikely”). Nonetheless, the two were, broadly speaking, contemporaries and compatriots…
Texas Highways, April 2022
In downtown Grapevine, novelist Jody Hadlock breezes into a busy coffee shop to talk about her new book, The Lives of Diamond Bessie…
Texas Highways, April 2019
A national sensation in 1877, the tragic East Texas tale still captures the imagination.
Texas Highways, Febuary 2017
The Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum in Greenville
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