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Sublimely Pro-Liberty, Quintessentially American →

November 11, 2020

To Americans who remembered the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence in 1776 was a glorious echo from a century and a half before.

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Eight Principles of Freedom →

October 31, 2020

We all say we stand for freedom and what it implies, but what does it imply exactly? And most important of all, how can we defend it if we don’t know what it means? Check out this article in a new publication, El American, devoted to inspiring Latin Americans in ideas of freedom.

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A Brit's Gift to America →

October 21, 2020

Mayflower II was Warwick Charlton’s way—privately, enthusiastically and without harming any taxpayers—of proclaiming his gratitude to America.

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The Tricentennial of John Woolman's Birth →

October 19, 2020

John Woolman almost single-handedly shifted the Overton Window among Quakers, who then became the prime movers in shifting the Window for an entire nation.

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Judge Barrett and the Krylenko Test →

October 14, 2020

Senators who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and the law hate the guts of a judge who does just that!

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The Uncommon Bessie Coleman →

October 12, 2020

What a bore humanity would be if no one were uncommonly good or uniquely talented or singularly inspirational or unusually courageous!

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The Mice That Roared →

October 11, 2020

One of the more famous ethologists in recent decades was John B. Calhoun, best known for his mouse experiments in the 1960s. To what extent do the mouse utopia lessons apply to humans and the welfare state?

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Human Action the Movie is Here! →

October 10, 2020

A new 90-minute documentary showcases the greatness of the economist Ludwig von Mises to the world.

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School Choice, Church Choice →

October 9, 2020

Hellfire and brimstone fell upon anyone who suggested, “Hey, let’s just give people their money back and let them choose where they want to go to church.”

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Six Lessons from the History and Economics of Taxation →

October 8, 2020

People do not like to be plucked too much. And why should they think otherwise? It’s their money!

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The Amazing Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth →

October 7, 2020

It sounds strange to hear the word “election” in the same breath as “king.” That’s not usually the way a king gets a throne.

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A September 2020 Interview with Joe Kerr of I Am a Watchman.com →

October 3, 2020

Why are so many millennials attracted to socialism?

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The Iron Fist in the Velvet Glove →

September 29, 2020

Power rots the soul. Rare is the individual who becomes a better person for having possessed it. (Another link to this article is https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/-the-iron-fist-in-the-velvet-glove/).

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How Should We Judge Diamond Jim Brady? →

September 28, 2020

He didn’t steal, mooch or demand anything from others that wasn’t owed him. Like privileged kings, he enjoyed the fine things with one big difference: He earned it.

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The Lies of The New York Times →

September 23, 2020

Why are public K-12 schools reopening more slowly from virus lockdowns than private schools? The New York Times says it’s because public schools have less money.

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Ancient Rome: A Lecture about Its Government and History →

September 10, 2020

What was the structure of the government of the ancient Roman Republic? What lessons can we learn from it? Thanks to Steve Dewey and the Bastiat Society of Washington, DC for this opportunity to lecture on the subject—August 27, 2020 via Zoom.

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The Radical Edmund Burke →

September 9, 2020

“All who have ever written on government are unanimous,” he wrote, “that among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.” This was a man who appreciated the indissoluble relationship between liberty and character.

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Shredding Socialism →

September 8, 2020

One hour and ten minutes of reducing socialism to a dumb idea that ignores history, human nature, economics and what’s right. Other than that, I guess it’s OK.

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The Poison of Presentism →

August 25, 2020

Presentism is fraught with arrogance. It presumes that present-day attitudes didn’t evolve from earlier ones but popped fully formed from nowhere into our superior heads.

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Making Marx Proud: Today's Campus Lunacy →

August 24, 2020

Millions of American students today are stewed in Marxist ideas, and we are financing it.

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Rob from the Rich 100% and You Still Won’t be Able to Pay the Bills
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Rob from the Rich 100% and You Still Won’t be Able to Pay the Bills
September 10, 2026

Sell the yachts. Sell the stocks. Sell the businesses. Empty the bank accounts.

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September 10, 2026
Schools Abandoned Teaching Perseverance and Personal Responsibility
September 7, 2026
Schools Abandoned Teaching Perseverance and Personal Responsibility
September 7, 2026

Education should prepare students for reality, not shelter them from it. A damning indictment of the schools.

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September 7, 2026
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September 2, 2026
Suspicions Of Ayatollah's Death Rise After His Name Appears On California Voter Rolls
September 2, 2026

U.S. intelligence officials had previously been unable to assess with any level of certainty whether Khamenei was still alive, despite his prolonged absence from public view. Those uncertainties quickly faded after analysts discovered that he had registered as a Democrat in Los Angeles, Alameda, and Santa Clara counties.

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Recent Quotes

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Reed on Socialist Thinking
September 2, 2026
Reed on Socialist Thinking
September 2, 2026

Socialists think there’s no such thing as a bad poor person or a good rich person. Among socialists, it seems there’s no such thing as a thinking person — Lawrence W. Reed.

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September 2, 2026
Murphy on America
February 11, 2025
Murphy on America
February 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.

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February 11, 2025
Mill on Freedom
February 1, 2025
Mill on Freedom
February 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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Britain Should Spurn the Reparations Panhandlers
September 5, 2026
Britain Should Spurn the Reparations Panhandlers
September 5, 2026

I doubt there’s a soul on the planet who never had an ancestor who was victimized by somebody, but that’s no reason to find the victim’s innocent living descendants and make them pay for it.

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September 5, 2026
Poisoned History
September 2, 2026
Poisoned History
September 2, 2026

A country that uses its tax dollars to distort and vilify its own history is likely to embrace stupid ideas and elect a lot of bad people. The Smithsonian, unfortunately, is just the tip of the iceberg.

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September 2, 2026
Three Cheers for Dolly!
September 2, 2026
Three Cheers for Dolly!
September 2, 2026

Just days after she was laid to rest, we learned that somebody didn’t like Dolly.

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September 2, 2026