Then there are the Samuel Kleins of the world—the truly uncommon marvels who overcome the unimaginable to become the unexpected. They are heroes, builders, creators of wealth, and servants to the millions whose lives they improve

If you want to know what produces a healthy, growing economy, think back to what motivates the individuals who comprise it. Encouragement looms large at every level.

By relieving individuals of challenges, which then deprives them of purpose, the welfare state is an unnatural and anti-social contrivance.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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?

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

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.”

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

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.

Why are so many millennials attracted to socialism?

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/).

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.

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.

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.

“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.