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August 28, 2026

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

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August 23, 2026

Investors Force Uncle Sam to Confront Debt Addition

August 23, 2026

Lawmakers marked the $40 trillion milestone by pointing fingers at each other while failing to look in the mirror and acknowledge their own culpability. Thanks to author Ryan Meilstrup for the shout-out in this article.

August 23, 2026

August 20, 2026

The Age of Big Spending Republicans is Here

August 20, 2026

Merrill Matthews writes, “Republicans used to be serious about controlling federal spending, but that was before Trump and the age of big-spending Republicans. We may soon find voters and the economy demanding they return to their conservative roots.”

August 20, 2026

August 11, 2026

Making the Pregnant Woman Take the Stairs: The Problem with Minimum-Quality Regulation

August 11, 2026

Raymond Niles asks, “Which apartment would you rather live in? One with a larger bedroom or a tiny bedroom, a large living room with a window that lets in natural sunlight, or a dingy room facing an air shaft? A tall skyscraper with an elevator, or a five-story walkup? A building with parking or one with no parking lot?”

August 11, 2026

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February 11, 2025

Murphy on America

February 11, 2025

“The true meaning of America, you ask? It’s in a Texas rodeo, in a policeman’s badge, in the sound of laughing children, in a political rally, in a newspaper. ... In all these things, and many more, you’ll find America. In all these things, you’ll find freedom. And freedom is what America means to the world. And to me” — Actor, poet, and the most decorated American of World War II, Audie Murphy.

February 11, 2025

February 1, 2025

Mill on Freedom

February 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.”

February 1, 2025

March 20, 2023

Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders

March 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.

March 20, 2023

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August 28, 2026

Telling the Story of America and Why Its Founding Was So Exceptional

August 28, 2026

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

August 28, 2026

August 24, 2026

Greg Maresca reviews my new book at American Thinker, Real Clear History, and Across Voices

August 24, 2026

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.

August 24, 2026

August 23, 2026

A Black Woman Who Had No Illusions About Communism

August 23, 2026

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

August 23, 2026