How Venezuela Can Recover from the Sickness of Socialism →

February 6, 2019

Venezuela’s socialist nightmare is almost over. The questions of when and how it ends—hopefully without more bloodshed—are already giving way to thoughts of what comes next. How does a nation brought low by socialism recover? Answer: Liberty!

Recent “Best of Web”

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Jul 12, 2019

How to Deschool Yourself for Success and Satisfaction

Jul 12, 2019

Kerry McDonald explains that the first step in taking charge of your learning and livelihood is to shed these schooled myths and become adept at self-education.

Jul 12, 2019

Jul 4, 2019

The Beginning of a Nation

Jul 4, 2019

“It is to the colonial period we must look for the roots of republicanism and federalism,” writes Thomas Wendel for National Review.

Jul 4, 2019

Jun 12, 2019

AOC on Equal Pay

Jun 12, 2019

You could put EVERYTHING this woman knows about economics on a bumper sticker and still have room for the Magna Carta.

Jun 12, 2019

Recent Quotes

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Nov 5, 2018

Reed on Goodreads

Nov 5, 2018

Thanks to whoever at Goodreads compiled and posted these.

Nov 5, 2018

Nov 3, 2018

George on Truth

Nov 3, 2018

“[T]ruth is the ground and condition of freedom. Unless it is true that human beings deserve to have fundamental liberties respected and protected, the tyrant does no wrong in violating them. Relativism, skepticism, and subjectivism about truth provide no secure basis for freedom. We should honor civil liberties because the norms enjoining us to respect and protect them are valid, sound, in a word, true” — Princeton professor Robert P. George, Twitter post, 1 January 2018.

Nov 3, 2018

Nov 2, 2018

Paterson on Government Schools

Nov 2, 2018

“There can be no greater stretch of arbitrary power than is required to seize children from their parents, teach them whatever the authorities decree they shall be taught, and expropriate from the parents the funds to pay for the procedure…. A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state” — Isabel Paterson in The God of the Machine (1943).

Nov 2, 2018

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Jul 14, 2019

What a Friend Ralph Lazo Was!

Jul 14, 2019

The story in Ralph Lazo’s belated obituary reminded me of a Biblical passage. In John 15:13, Jesus said, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

Jul 14, 2019

Jul 11, 2019

The Meaning of the Golden Rule

Jul 11, 2019

Socialism nullifies the Golden Rule. Socialists proclaim “solidarity with the people.” They say they only want to help others. The problem is how they seek to do it. If their plans were in the realm of friendly advice, helpful hints, and requests for voluntary participation, they wouldn’t be socialists. FORCE is their modus operandi.

Jul 11, 2019

Jul 8, 2019

A New Prager University video: "Was Jesus a Socialist?"

Jul 8, 2019

This five-minute video explains that Jesus never supported forcible redistribution of wealth, central planning of the economy, government welfare programs, or public ownership of the means of production.

Jul 8, 2019