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A "Spiritualist" in More Ways than One: The First Female Presidential Nominee →

February 19, 2020

Under the terms of the US Constitution, which sets the minimum age to be president at 35, Woodhull couldn’t take office even if she had won. 

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Rube Foster: A Baseball Centennial →

February 13, 2020

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.

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Thatcher on Socialism: Her 20 Best Quotes →

February 8, 2020

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.”

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The Whistle Blower Who Gave His Life →

February 6, 2020

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.

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R.I.P., Bob Helmholdt of Ft. Lauderdale →

February 5, 2020

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

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Celebrating the 120th Anniversary of the Brownie →

February 1, 2020

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.

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The Spirit of Nellie Bly →

January 25, 2020

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.

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Why Hope is Essential to Latin America's Future →

January 24, 2020

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

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Prohibition at 100 →

January 17, 2020

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.

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Liberty is on the Rise in Brazil →

January 13, 2020

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.

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Celebrating 20 Years of Dollarization in Ecuador →

January 7, 2020

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!

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The Palmer Raids and America's Worst President →

January 3, 2020

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.

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How a Lowly Monk Ended Rome's Bloody Gladiator Duels →

January 1, 2020

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

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The Great Beer Entrepreneur Arthur Guinness →

December 31, 2019

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.”

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Why is Christmas on December 25? →

December 25, 2019

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

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Jesus a Socialist? Are You Nuts? →

December 24, 2019

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

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It's not "Giving" if it's Compulsory →

December 22, 2019

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.”

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Help from the Heart: Private, Voluntary and Effective →

December 18, 2019

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.

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TIME Gets Capitalism Wrong--Again →

December 11, 2019

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

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The Courage of a Nurse →

December 4, 2019

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.

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Government Shutdown Exposed the Biggest Lie in Education
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Government Shutdown Exposed the Biggest Lie in Education
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“For decades, teachers unions and the liberal allies they bankroll in D.C. have told the American people that without the federal bureaucracy, education would crumble,” writes Ryan Walters.

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Millions Gather to Express Total Ignorance
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“We're going to join our voices together and let the message ring loud and clear that we are uneducated rubes in desperate need of a middle-school social studies class,” said one man. Problem is, they DID have middle-school social studies, at great expense to the taxpayer, and still turned out to be rubes. Maybe there’s a connection??

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Writes Dionysis Partsinevelos, “Experts warned that electing a chainsaw-wielding libertarian outsider as president would push the country over the edge. Instead, the unthinkable happened: Argentina’s economy started working again.”

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Recent Quotes

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Murphy on America
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Murphy on America
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“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.

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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.”

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Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders
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Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders
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“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

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Montana's First Non-Indigenous Settlement
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Montana's First Non-Indigenous Settlement
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The St. Mary’s Mission and Museum in Stevensville is well worth your time when you’re in western Montana.

Nov 18, 2025
Dusting Off an Old but Important Story
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Dusting Off an Old but Important Story
Nov 13, 2025

France was on the verge of national bankruptcy when the Revolution began in 1789. A rising chorus of panicked legislators called for printing paper money as a solution, but many people still remembered the ruin their ancestors suffered only 70 years before.

Nov 13, 2025
I (Identify As), Pencil
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I (Identify As), Pencil
Nov 11, 2025

I was born a lawnmower but now I am a pencil. You can’t erase me, but I can erase you. Literally. So don’t offend me.

Nov 11, 2025