Zachary Huffman's Articles
Arts & Culture, Reviews
Review: Les Misérables
Zachary Huffman August 20, 2013
Zachary Huffman reviews Les Misérables, directed by Tom Hooper.
Ayn Rand & Objectivism, Politics & Rights
How Detroit Became Starnesville from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged
Zachary Huffman August 12, 2013
On July 18, the city of Detroit declared that it had reached insolvency, and, with $11 billion in debt, filed for bankruptcy. Since the announcement, numerous pundits have penned postmortems attempting to explain Detroit’s decline, but Daniel Hannan has gotten closest to the essence of the issue. In his piece…
Politics & Rights
U.S. Employment Suffers from Washington’s War on Rights
Zachary Huffman July 14, 2013
The Department of Labor recently estimated that U.S. employers added 195,000 jobs during the month of June, which prompted excitement from the White House and spurred a rise in stock prices. But the full set of figures hardly points to a strong economy. Consider: The overall unemployment rate remained steady…
Education & Parenting
Get Government Out of Student Loans
Zachary Huffman June 4, 2013
The cost of college is skyrocketing, and students are graduating with record levels of debt in order to meet the expense. Since 1978, college tuition and fees have increased by 1,120 percent—outpacing inflation four times over and racing past other core consumer costs such as medical expenses and food. In…
Politics & Rights
Latest Lesson from the Sequester: It’s Time to Privatize Air Traffic Control
Zachary Huffman May 4, 2013
Last Friday, after a week of public outrage over widespread flight delays and cancellations, Congress passed legislation granting the FAA $253 million to restore its air traffic control staff to pre-sequester levels. While the bill may have quelled public unrest and ensured congressional members a timely flight home for their…
Politics & Rights
Erick Erickson and Fellow Republicans Wrongly Pit Same-Sex Marriage against Religious Freedom
Zachary Huffman March 29, 2013
[caption id="attachment_6408" align="alignright" width="300"] Image: Gage Skidmore[/caption] This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two key cases regarding same-sex marriage: challenges to California’s Proposition 8 and to the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Republicans and conservatives have long expressed concern that legalizing same sex marriage will threaten their…