The 2025 Journal

Florida’s Rural Renaissance

Senate Present Ben Albritton

Cutting Through the Red Tape — Bringing Personal Accountability Back to Florida

State Representative Toby Overdorf

Leading the DOGE Effort at the State Level, Florida Continues to Exemplify Effective Governance

Eric Soskin

Securing America’s Digital Future: A Vision for Communications Policy at a Crossroads

Olivia Britt Trusty

Powering Florida’s Economy: A Modernized Workforce Development System to Sustain Growth

Katie Adams & Mukta Pandit

More Options, Better Options… but Still Not Enough Options

Ron Matus

Zoning by Design, Exclusion by Accident: How Local Ordinances Block New Nonpublic Schools in Florida

Danny Aqua

Safeguarding Computational Liberty in America

Taylor Barkley

A Win for Accountability: Why North Carolina Needed the REINS Act

State Representative Allen Chesser

The Online Safety Discussion Fractures the Constitution, Censors Dissent, And Lets Criminals Roam Free

Maureen Flatley

A Nation Worth the Struggle: Celebrating 250 Years

Sebastian Girstl

Why High-Earning Households are Moving to Florida and not Michigan: High Taxes, Increasingly Hostile Business Climate Have Squandered Michigan’s Advantages

David Guenthner

Three Ways Public Schools Can Embrace Florida’s New Normal

Marissa Hess

Preserving Fair Access: Why the Fight Against Debanking Demands National Reform

David Ibsen

How Florida is Challenging Higher Ed’s Accrediting ‘Cartel’

Jason Jewell

What’s in a Name? Why our Florida-Based Think Tank is Named for James Madison

William Mattox

The Free Digital World: In Danger, But Not Yet Lost

David B. McGarry

Portable Benefits: A Market-Based Approach to Florida’s Flexible Workforce

Liya Palagashvili

Building Fiscal Foundations for the Next Generation

Ian J. Parry

AI, Free Speech, and Fitting LLMs Into Existing Law

Spence Purnell

A Prescription for Waste: The 340B Drug Discount Program Offers and Opportunity for Reform

Thomas Schatz

Launching Florida’s Future: Modernizing Space Regulations for Economic Growth

Kristian Stout

What Homeschooling Taught Me About Education

Adelyn Valencia