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Jefferson on Debt: He Warned Us!

December 7, 2020

In the eight years of his presidency (1801-1809), did he practice what he preached? To a remarkable extent, yes he did.

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Freedom's Future →

December 7, 2020

Sebastian Stodolak of the Warsaw Enterprise Institute interviews me (November 2020) on my 1986 visit with the Polish anti-communist underground, Robert Higgs’ “ratchet effect”, the future of freedom and other topics.

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The Steadfast Scholar →

December 4, 2020

Pursuing truth for its own sake and mustering the courage to speak it without equivocation should be the loftiest of objectives in any profession. They fit the life and career of Walter Williams perfectly.

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Samuel Klein's Incredible Rags to Riches Story →

December 2, 2020

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

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How To Get the Most Out of Others →

November 30, 2020

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.

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Animals We Can Learn From

November 26, 2020

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

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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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