David Kopel

Contributor

David Kopel is an Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute, in Washington. His most recent book is "The Morality of Self-Defense and Military Action: The Judeo-Christian Perspective."

The Cult of Mao 1966 v. 2020

Commentary This is part 3 in a series observing similarities between China's Cultural Revolution and the United States ...

Viewpoints December 11, 2020
Rage Mobs 1966 v. 2020

Commentary This is part 2 in a series observing similarities between China's Cultural Revolution and the United States ...

Viewpoints December 9, 2020
Cultural Revolution 1966 v. 2020

Commentary This is part 1 in a series observing similarities between China's Cultural Revolution and the United States ...

Viewpoints December 6, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Legacy Founded on Vision, Clarity, and Generosity

Commentary A treatise on Swedish civil procedure, a law school textbook, a new journal for law student writers—such ...

Viewpoints September 23, 2020
In US History, the Right to Arms Is Associated With Liberty, Legal Equality; Gun Control Isn’t

Commentary The New York Times has recently unveiled a “1619 project” that will, in the words of New ...

Viewpoints August 21, 2019
The Kentucky Rifle

Commentary Without firearms, there would have been no independence or liberty to celebrate on the Fourth of July. ...

Viewpoints July 3, 2019
The Danger of Communist Monopoly on Media, Firearms

Commentary How does a democracy turn into a dictatorship? The 1948 communist coup in Czechoslovakia shows one path ...

Viewpoints June 9, 2019
The Lessons of Purim Are Still Relevant Today

Commentary As Jews around the world celebrate the festival of Purim (March 20 to March 21 this year), ...

Viewpoints March 21, 2019
The Racist Influence on Gun Control Laws

Commentary How do you stop a lynch mob? With a Winchester repeating rifle. That was the advice of ...

Viewpoints February 5, 2019
Mayhew, Liberty, and the Resistance to Tyranny

Commentary A sermon preached on Jan. 30, 1750, led to the American Revolution. The Rev. Jonathan Mayhew changed ...

Viewpoints January 30, 2019
The Story of Hanukkah

Beginning on the night of Dec. 2, Hanukkah celebrates the Jewish war for independence in the second century ...

Viewpoints December 2, 2018
The Moral Right to Self-Defense, and the Right to Bear Arms

Commentary Do humans have an inherent right to self-defense? The answer doesn't depend on the Second Amendment to ...

Viewpoints September 27, 2018