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A Revolution to Always Remember But Never Celebrate →

October 16, 2017

Gareth Jones and Boris Kornfeld—two notable victims of Soviet communism among the tens of millions.

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Your House Does Not Need a New Roof at My Expense →

September 29, 2017

On a house worth maybe $800,000, the government expended a total of $1.8 million—spread over as many as 22 occasions.

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Requiring U.S.-Made Steel in Pipelines Would Backfire →

September 12, 2017

History shows protectionist steel policies hurt American workers. (With Drew Johnson)

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Free to Choose Medicine and the Story of William Halford →

August 18, 2017

Thanks to a remarkable man who passed away on June 22, 2017 at the untimely age of 48, relief from the scourge of herpes may soon be a reality.

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Did You Know about the Great Hyperinflation of the 17th Century? →

August 16, 2017

The oldest trick in the monetary book is cheating the people by debasing the coin or currency. It goes back at least as far as the Eighth Century B.C. when the Jewish prophet Isaiah chastised the Israelites for doing it.

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When Georgia Banned Football (Almost) →

August 15, 2017

I seriously doubt if God intends for politicians to fine or jail people who play football.

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Is There Hope for Freedom in Latin America? -- An Interview →

June 7, 2017

What we advocates of liberty have to point out and explain is that the more you rely on the state, the less secure you really are. 

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The Log Tax is Hurting both Canadians and Americans →

May 15, 2017

Protectionism: you slap me, I poke you in the eye. Let’s rid ourselves of these senseless interventions as soon as we can, one way or the other.

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Can Brazil Save Latin America? →

May 4, 2017

As humorist P. J. O’Rourke explained it, “When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.” Brazilians are learning this by the millions.

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The Bad Manners of the Campus Left →

April 24, 2017

The increasing frenzy of the campus Left may be an indication that, in the words of Robert Tracinski in The Federalist, we are approaching “peak leftism.” I got a taste of it in Denver in April 2017.

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Government Funding Cheapens the Arts →

March 25, 2017

Welcome to the world of diffused costs and concentrated benefits, the welfare state’s primary means of propulsion. Take a little bit from a lot of people and give it to a few people whose votes and allegiance the perpetrators thereby purchase without ever spending a nickel of their own.

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The Heroism of Hacksaw Ridge →

February 25, 2017

Three cheers to the brave men and women who have fought in defensible wars for the right causes, such as liberty, self-determination, independence and security.

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Why Trade Restrictions Always Backfire →

January 22, 2017

Trade is a two-way street. Closing the door to imports closes the door to exports.

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Timeless Advice from Rudyard Kipling →

December 11, 2016

His politics were both good and not, but his personal advice is fantastic.

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What Human Action Means to Me and to FEE →

September 13, 2016

If only the world appreciated how he brilliantly and thoroughly demolished socialism nearly a century ago, millions of early deaths and untold misery could have been avoided in the decades since. Fifty Nobels would be insufficient to appropriately honor the man, but the world we know is hardly fair.

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Lenroot for VP? →

July 24, 2016

The best person might not be the pick of the nominee. It wasn’t in 1920.

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The True Meaning of Patriotism →

July 1, 2016

Freedom—understanding it, living it, teaching it, and supporting those who are educating others about its principles. That, my fellow Americans, is what patriotism should mean to each of us today.

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The Case Against Protectionism →

July 1, 2016

An oldie from 1980 but its principles still apply today.

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The Mania for Regulating People →

June 17, 2016

Justice George Sutherland on Private Rights and Government.

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Class Warfare and the Hero of Hickory Farms →

April 22, 2016

I’m reminded of the words of Tacitus some 2,000 years ago: “When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened.”

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