Rube Foster longed for the day when whites and blacks would play baseball side-by-side on the same teams and for the same leagues.

She understood the issues that ordinary people faced, noting in a 1971 interview that “I started life with two great advantages: no money, and good parents.”

When the day comes that one-party socialism in China is tossed into history’s dustbin, Li Wenliang will be remembered as a rebel whose life helped make that glorious day happen.

A practicing orthodontist for 52 years, Dr. Robert D. Helmholdt gifted untold numbers of people with bright smiles in more ways than one.

If, as the saying goes, one picture is worth a thousand words, then the story of George Eastman and the Kodak Brownie is worth 70 trillion words.

Such daring, uncommon people like Nellie Bly dazzle and amaze me—especially when they defy conventional wisdom, set new records, and show just what a person can do if they put their mind to it.

Hope is a potent stimulant. Never, ever let it slip away. No matter what.

The era gave birth to its own vocabulary; among the more colorful entries were blind pig, speakeasy, flippers and flappers, bathtub gin, white lightning, hooch, teetotaler, and giggle water. Journalist H. L. Mencken famously referred to bootleggers as booticians.

The past few years have been amazing for lovers of liberty in Brazil. We are confident that if those who love liberty continue to work hard and smart, the country’s best days are ahead.

While we hope for much more liberalization of the Ecuadorian economy in the future, we happily salute the IEEP for its monetary policy success of two decades ago!

The raids constituted a horrific, shameful episode in American history, one of the lowest moments for liberty since King George III quartered troops in private homes.

He loved and valued life—the lives of others at least as much as he cherished his own.

Proverbs 20:31 tells us that “Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.” The key word there is “astray.”

The first time the date was celebrated as Jesus’ birthday was apparently in the year 336, in Rome.

As in so many other parables and teachings, Jesus’s Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard upholds capitalist virtues, not socialist ones.

The apostle Paul says in II Corinthians 9:7: “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”

Once, a very wise American president warned that dependence on politicians would sap the natural desire to assist our fellows in need and would cost far more than if we pitched in and helped directly ourselves.

The case for capitalism rests on something far more important than material wealth. It is not refuted by the occasional bad eggs who misbehave.

If ever I found myself in circumstances similar to those of Edith Cavell’s in 1915, I would hope I could muster even half the courage that she did.

The “people over profits” mentality produced fewer people until profit—earned as a result of one’s care for his own property and his desire for improvement—saved the people.