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The Black Death of the 14th Century →

April 7, 2020

As we all look forward to the end of the novel coronavirus pandemic, let’s be thankful that we live in the 21st Century, not the 14th.

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What Comes AFTER the Crisis is What's Most Important →

March 31, 2020

I will judge the leadership and character of those in power by how quickly they get off our backs, out of our pockets, and out of our way when the crisis has passed. I will judge most harshly those who use the situation to enshrine the state as our master.

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Rhymonomics →

March 29, 2020

Willford I. King was an economist and statistician who didn’t have to numb you with numbers to get his point across. 

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A Virus Worse Than The One From Wuhan →

March 23, 2020

We should be naturally suspicious of any ideology that requires a deadly, worldwide pandemic to make its case superficially viable, if only for the short-term. 

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A Great Convention Choice →

March 21, 2020

As our 30th president, he was one of our best—the last one to leave the federal government smaller than when he found it.

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No Character But Lots of Power →

March 6, 2020

Could you really trust someone who does evil in the name of doing good? Not me, not for a second. There’s a fundamental contradiction in that formula and it never ends well. It invariably reveals a fatal character flaw, made all the more sinister by the deception and concealment.

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Take Charge of Your Own Life First →

March 3, 2020

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's ideas are especially important today, when envy and jealousy seem to permeate much of our politics.

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Liberty on Tour in Indonesia and Australia →

February 27, 2020

Though his interests stretch from mining to education in his native Australia, Ron Manners is known throughout the world’s vibrant liberty movement. 

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Nine Great Quotes from an American Hero →

February 23, 2020

“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.”

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Tulsa, 1921: An Almost Unbelievable Story of Death and Destruction →

February 20, 2020

Where, oh where, I ask, does the poison come from that would take a man’s life because of the color of his skin? The very thought rattles me to the bone.

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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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The End of the Climate Cult
Dec 4, 2025
The End of the Climate Cult
Dec 4, 2025

The climatastrophe has been a terrible mistake. It diverted attention from real environmental problems, cost a fortune, impoverished consumers, perpetuated poverty, frightened young people into infertility, wasted years of our time, undermined democracy and corrupted science. Time to bury the parrot — Matt Ridley.


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Government Shutdown Exposed the Biggest Lie in Education
Oct 31, 2025
Government Shutdown Exposed the Biggest Lie in Education
Oct 31, 2025

“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.

Oct 31, 2025
Millions Gather to Express Total Ignorance
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Millions Gather to Express Total Ignorance
Oct 18, 2025

“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??

Oct 18, 2025

Recent Quotes

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Murphy on America
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Murphy on America
Feb 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.

Feb 11, 2025
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.”

Feb 1, 2025
Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders
Mar 20, 2023
Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders
Mar 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.

Mar 20, 2023

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Foreword to "Chasing Value" by Simon Studer
Dec 21, 2025
Foreword to "Chasing Value" by Simon Studer
Dec 21, 2025

From income inequality to jobs to politics to personal independence, Simon Studer shows how value—subjective, personal value, the only kind there is—makes the world go round. Most readers of this book will never see the world the same way again. And that, you will learn, is a very good thing. A wonderful contribution in the Austrian School tradition.

Dec 21, 2025
Books for Winter Evenings
Dec 19, 2025
Books for Winter Evenings
Dec 19, 2025

Thomas Jefferson once said, “I cannot live without books.” Indeed, he owned about 6,000 of them, which he sold to Congress in 1815.

Dec 19, 2025
A Montana Moment to Remember
Dec 17, 2025
A Montana Moment to Remember
Dec 17, 2025

A testament to a friendship that hopefully will endure forever.

Dec 17, 2025