Part of the allure of Halloween is getting something great for just showing up, and this carries over into voting habits.
Read MoreA Revolution to Always Remember But Never Celebrate →
Gareth Jones and Boris Kornfeld—two notable victims of Soviet communism among the tens of millions.
Read MoreYour House Does Not Need a New Roof at My Expense →
On a house worth maybe $800,000, the government expended a total of $1.8 million—spread over as many as 22 occasions.
Read MoreRequiring U.S.-Made Steel in Pipelines Would Backfire →
History shows protectionist steel policies hurt American workers. (With Drew Johnson)
Read MoreFree to Choose Medicine and the Story of William Halford →
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.
Read MoreDid You Know about the Great Hyperinflation of the 17th Century? →
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.
Read MoreWhen Georgia Banned Football (Almost) →
I seriously doubt if God intends for politicians to fine or jail people who play football.
Read MoreIs There Hope for Freedom in Latin America? -- An Interview →
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.
Read MoreThe Log Tax is Hurting both Canadians and Americans →
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.
Read MoreCan Brazil Save Latin America? →
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.
Read MoreThe Bad Manners of the Campus Left →
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.
Read MoreGovernment Funding Cheapens the Arts →
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.
Read MoreThe Heroism of Hacksaw Ridge →
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.
Read MoreWhy Trade Restrictions Always Backfire →
Trade is a two-way street. Closing the door to imports closes the door to exports.
Read MoreTimeless Advice from Rudyard Kipling →
His politics were both good and not, but his personal advice is fantastic.
Read MoreWhat Human Action Means to Me and to FEE →
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.
Read MoreLenroot for VP? →
The best person might not be the pick of the nominee. It wasn’t in 1920.
Read MoreThe True Meaning of Patriotism →
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.
Read MoreThe Case Against Protectionism →
An oldie from 1980 but its principles still apply today.
Read MoreThe Mania for Regulating People →
Justice George Sutherland on Private Rights and Government.
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