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What Joe Biden and Henry VII Have in Common →

July 25, 2021

For one who fancies himself “progressive,” Biden seems astonishingly unaware that his “soak ‘em good” mentality is medieval, if not ancient.

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Israel and Ice Cream: The Ben & Jerry's Blunder →

July 23, 2021

Thanks, Ben & Jerry’s, for providing me with the opportunity to say some good things about Israel’s vibrant economy.

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Private Profit in Public Schools: A Necessity! →

July 22, 2021

The crisis in the government schools these days is NOT in the part that’s delivered privately, but rather, in the part that is exclusively government.

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Australia, Gold and Liberty →

July 21, 2021

Historically, the connection between gold and liberty is a potent one. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to assert—if you will pardon the pun—that they are two sides of the same coin.

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Alfonso XIII and the Walk of Death →

July 16, 2021

If you don’t like hikes, then if you walk Caminito del Rey, you may lose your tapas.

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Devastation is NOT a Blessing →

July 15, 2021

Anyone who simply observes the increased construction activity as people spend to rebuild and concludes that a disaster is some sort of economic blessing, is blind to the big picture.

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Healthcare Minus the Third Parties →

July 13, 2021

The greatest drag on the DPC model is the threat of government red tape and regulations at the federal and state levels, as well as pressure from those with a vested interest in the high-cost, less-than-transparent status quo.

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Edgar Guest: The People's Poet →

July 8, 2021

Poetry is not my strong suit, I’m no good at writing verse. My prose may be no better, but at least I could do worse.

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Calvin Coolidge: The Difference Between Simple and Simplistic →

July 4, 2021

Today’s advocates of the spendthrift nanny state dismiss this practitioner of small government as a simple man of even simpler times. His wisdom, however, demonstrates the crucial difference between simple and simplistic.

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The Berlin Wall 60 Years Later →

July 1, 2021

A hideous monument to the essence of socialism, which is FORCE.

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Learning from Livy →

June 27, 2021

The experiences of those who came before, especially when understood in the context of their times, are fraught with lessons we ignore at our peril.

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The Compact That Preceded the Magna Carta →

June 15, 2021

An event two centuries before Magna Carta can stake a strong claim as the real genesis of English liberty.

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Utopian Communalism: One Flop After Another →

June 13, 2021

They wanted a triumph of exhortation over incentive, of intentions over results, of wishful thinking over actual performance.

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Daniel Ortega, Evil Dictator

June 11, 2021

His entire adult life is a story of power lust—of fighting for power, abusing it when he got it, being ousted when it made him over-confident, then fighting to regain it, and now doing his best to keep it for life.

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A Tale of Two Henrys (and Inflation Too) →

June 5, 2021

If Henry VIII knew his history, he might have learned from the earlier Henry and been a better money manager.

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America's Founders Were Heroes to the World

June 3, 2021

The Founders would be among the first to tell you they did not possess all the answers to everything. But they were confident that a free people would eventually come up with better answers than corrupt elites who worship power.

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The Importance of Hope

June 3, 2021

Hope is not something you can touch, taste, smell or see but it’s powerful stuff, a compelling motivator. Here are some reasons why it’s so important.

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I Was a Smuggler -- And Proud Of It! →

May 31, 2021

Banning the transport of stuff that people desire is much easier said than done and may well produce more victims than the stuff itself.

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Joe and Janet, Robber Barons →

May 29, 2021

Yes, unbelievable as it may be to small children, governments and double standards go together like peanut butter and jelly.

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Entrepreneurs and Encouragement →

May 25, 2021

My speech for the Free Market Road Show conference in Podgorica, Montenegro — May 2021. In the video, the speech begins at about 6:50.

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