I doubt there’s a soul on the planet who never had an ancestor who was victimized by somebody, but that’s no reason to find the victim’s innocent living descendants and make them pay for it.

A country that uses its tax dollars to distort and vilify its own history is likely to embrace stupid ideas and elect a lot of bad people. The Smithsonian, unfortunately, is just the tip of the iceberg.

Just days after she was laid to rest, we learned that somebody didn’t like Dolly.

The state legislatures during the War for Independence and from its conclusion in 1783 until 1787 were not models of limited and responsible, republican government.

Lots of good history here!

Doug Stuart of the Libertarian Christian Institute interviews me on the key ideas, events, and people of the American Revolution.

An interview (recorded August 21, 2026) on the Jenny Beth Show about Born of Ideas: How Principles, Faith, and Courage Forged America.

Maresca writes, “Reed’s prose is direct and unpretentious writing with the clarity of someone who has spent decades lecturing about economics and history. His tone is heartfelt, patriotic and unapologetically celebratory of America’s founding ideals…In a time when historical memory is often lacking and politicized, Reed offers a refreshing reminder on how America was built on ideas worth knowing, debating and defending.” The book is available now on Amazon.

When the country needed someone like her to rebut communist propaganda, she stepped forward and did the job with great eloquence and effect.

Life without liberty is unthinkable. My main stage speech at the Young Americans for Liberty National Convention in Cincinnati on July 29, 2026.

Daniel Newnan, warts and all, was a military and political leader who answered the call to duty in Georgia’s early days.

Socialism is rooted in the absurd notion that people will work harder and smarter for the government than they will work for themselves and their families — from my op-ed in the 8/15/26 Dallas Morning News.

Hundreds of colonial pastors and priests supported the Revolution from their pulpits, spurred their congregations to take up arms against the British, and served as chaplains in George Washington’s Continental Army. Were they wrong? (Pictured: Rev. Jonathan Mayhew, 1720-1796).

Can the Constitution in any sense be seen as a statist coup d’état?

His commitment to the patriot cause never wavered, no matter how dire the circumstances.

I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.

When did the French Revolution go wrong and why? For more on this topic, see https://tinyurl.com/dudvurnb.

Simon Sarevski interviews me on the ideas that shaped America. Published July 14, 2026.

On July 2, 1776, the same day the Congress approved a resolution to separate from Britain, he declared to his congressional colleagues, “The country is not only ripe for the measure, but in danger of rotting for the want of it.”

One of history’s most infamous con artists was born in the little town where I now live—Newnan, in Coweta County, Georgia. And we’re not proud of him. He departed this world on this very date, July 7, in 1898.