The amazing story of what goes into a smartphone, this is a short November 2025 speech in San Francisco. It’s an adaptation of the principles expressed in the 1958 essay, “I, Pencil” by Leonard Read. The essay, “I, Smartphone,” is available on Amazon for about five bucks: https://tinyurl.com/yunb8jyx.

When it came to the conduct of America’s war against the world’s pre-eminent military power, Congress got one big thing right. It involved the navy and what today we would call privatization.

A new discussion with Sean Themea of Young Americans for Liberty's "Voices of Liberty" podcast, posted June 9, 2026. Lots of great subjects from history to economics to philosophy in this one!

What Al Sharpton won’t tell you is that the Framers, armed with the promise expressed in the Declaration of Independence, did as much or more to put human bondage on the road to extinction than any other generation anywhere. Spanish version: https://tinyurl.com/5dvv9jx6.

“Do We Still Need the Declaration?” was the topic of this panel discussion in Philadelphia at the Jack Miller Center’s National Summit on Civic Education on May 18, 2026.

Delivered to the Pachyderm Club in Wichita, Kansas — May 22, 2026.

Based on my forthcoming book, Born of Ideas: How Principles, Faith, and Courage Forged America (available for pre-order at https://tinyurl.com/5hbpujuj), this lecture was delivered at my alma mater, Grove City College, on April 16, 2026.