Devin Foley

About Devin Foley

Mr. Foley is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Charlemagne Institute, which operates Intellectual Takeout, Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, and the Alcuin Internship. He is a graduate of Hillsdale College, where he studied history and political science.

Victory Over Japan: Did the End Justify the Means?

By Devin Foley|2019-09-01T23:50:34-05:00September 1st, 2019|Categories: American Republic, History, Morality, War, World War II|

The central moral issue regarding both the atomic bomb and fire-bombings of cities is whether or not civilians play a key role in a ‘total war.’ When an entire society is mobilized for war, who is making the war possible through production of weapons and materials? What’s the line between combatant and non-combatant? One of [...]

The Sins of Our Fathers: Interest and the National Debt

By Devin Foley|2016-02-21T19:35:17-05:00January 20th, 2016|Categories: Economics, Featured, Federal Reserve, Government, Politics|

According to the United States Treasury, the total national debt is $18.2 trillion. The annual, average interest rate on the debt as of July of 2015 is 2.3%, down from 2.4% in July of 2014. Here’s why that’s a problem. Low interest rates mean low carrying costs for debt. If the interest rate is [...]