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The Free State of Bottleneck--Gone But Not Forgotten →

June 4, 2024

Maybe someday there will be a country called “The Department of Motor Vehicles.”

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Recent “Best of Web”

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Newsom Distances Himself from Newsom
May 15, 2025
Newsom Distances Himself from Newsom
May 15, 2025

Look up “political scumbag” in the dictionary and you’ll see Newsom’s picture.

May 15, 2025
Does the Bible Teach Blind Obedience to the State?
May 10, 2025
Does the Bible Teach Blind Obedience to the State?
May 10, 2025

The simple answer to the question is No, of course not. And few would argue the point at all. Perhaps then the better question is To what extent does the Bible teach submission to the state? The surprising answer, on closer examination, is not all that much — Jeb Smith.

May 10, 2025
Woman Terrified of White Men Leaves Africa for Minnesota
May 7, 2025
Woman Terrified of White Men Leaves Africa for Minnesota
May 7, 2025

At publishing time, Ilhan Omar had accused white men of being the cause of black on black crime, global warming, and her low IQ — Babylon Bee

May 7, 2025

Recent Quotes

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Murphy on America
Feb 11, 2025
Murphy on America
Feb 11, 2025
Feb 11, 2025
Mill on Freedom
Feb 1, 2025
Mill on Freedom
Feb 1, 2025

“The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental and spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.”

Feb 1, 2025
Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders
Mar 20, 2023
Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders
Mar 20, 2023

“There’s nothing more frightening than a half-baked do-gooder who knows nothing of the world but takes it upon himself to tell the world what’s good for it — from his book, Musashi.

Mar 20, 2023

Recent Blogs

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The Inspiring Teresa Teng
May 18, 2025
The Inspiring Teresa Teng
May 18, 2025

When the captive peoples of Beijing’s tyranny are someday liberated, we will look back and likely credit Teng’s music for contributing to the revolutionary spirit that finally got the job done. My latest at FEE.

May 18, 2025
The Biggest Mutiny of the Gulag Archipelago
May 15, 2025
The Biggest Mutiny of the Gulag Archipelago
May 15, 2025

Some might say the prisoners at Kengir embarked on a fool’s errand when they rose in righteous fury against the regime that tormented them. Their heroism was not in vain.

May 15, 2025
FEE's 80th Shaped by FEE's 21st
May 14, 2025
FEE's 80th Shaped by FEE's 21st
May 14, 2025

As FEE looks to its 80th anniversary in 2026, we can be proud that in 1967, Leonard Read reinforced the importance of moral principles to the freedom philosophy.

May 14, 2025