Jay Richards, Ph.D.

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Executive Editor — The Stream

Jay W. Richards, Ph.D., is the Executive Editor of The Stream. He is an Assistant Research Professor in the School of Business and Economics at The Catholic University of America and a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute. He is author of many books including the New York Times bestsellers Infiltrated (2013), and Indivisible (2012), co-authored with James Robison. He is also the author of Money, Greed, and God, winner of a 2010 Templeton Enterprise Award; and co-author of The Privileged Planet with astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez. His most recent book, co-authored with Jonathan Witt, is The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Freedom that J.R.R. Tolkien Got and the West Forgot. He has a Ph.D., with honors, in philosophy and theology from Princeton Theological Seminary.

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The Price of Panic: How the Tyranny of Experts Turned a Pandemic into a Catastrophe

For the first time in history, the world shut itself down—by choice—all for fear of a virus, COVID-19, that wasn’t well understood. The government, wi...

Featured on: Wednesday, October 21, 2020

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The Human Advantage: The Future of American Work in an Age of Smart Machines

For two and a half centuries, America has been held together by the belief that if you work hard and conduct yourself responsibly in this country, you...

Featured on: Tuesday, September 4, 2018

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June 30, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Melting Pot

Roger Kimball writes about “The Hyphen and the Melting Pot.” It is an important article to read for those of us talking about immigration and assimilation.

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June 29, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Summer Jobs

Summer jobs for teenagers have been disappearing, and Harvard professor Roland Fryer has some explanations. He quickly dismissing many of the reasons given: AI, tariffs, and gas prices. He reminds us...

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June 26, 2026

Penna Dexter

Downplaying “Pride”

Although it’s Pride month, June hasn’t seen much LGBT hoopla here in Texas. The Washington Stand reports that throughout the country, such celebrating “has been dialed back to a stunning degree.” The...

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