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Judging the Rich and the Poor →

September 9, 2021

Stereotyping people according to income grouping is superficial bigotry.

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Remembering Paul Harvey's Wisdom, Optimism and Common Sense →

September 4, 2021

“They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?” asked the late, great Paul Harvey.

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A New Holiday to Celebrate

September 2, 2021

Any good economist will tell you that as factors of production, labor and capital are not only indispensable but hugely dependent upon each other as well — from this significant 2021 revision and expansion of an old essay.

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Louisa May Alcott and the Fruitlands Commune →

August 24, 2021

As most of the country reveled in newly won freedoms and a market economy that allowed the enterprising to create wealth, a few malcontents sought a different life.

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Breaking the Rules of Governance

August 19, 2021

A century from now, people will look back on this turbulent but pivotal moment in history and ask, “What did our American ancestors in the early 21st Century do when faced with dire threats to their Constitution and their liberties?”

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George Orwell: Socialist or Libertarian? It's Complicated →

August 17, 2021

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history -- George Orwell. To watch a video interview I did on this subject (on 9/15/21), follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAMPl7lYfmc.

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As All-American as it Gets →

August 15, 2021

He would likely be appalled at how partisan and politicized so much humor has become today. He ripped both major parties with good, clean humor and was consequently appreciated by Democrats and Republicans alike in the 1920s and 1930s.

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How Venezuela Can Recover →

August 12, 2021

The bolivar is so close to absolute worthlessness that Venezuelans are refusing en masse to use it, preferring American dollars and cryptocurrencies instead. How Venezuela can recover.

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The Man Who Purchased an Empire →

August 11, 2021

The notorious “Auction of the Empire” reveals what eventually happens when a civilization succumbs to concentrated power and corruption.

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This is "Civilization"?

August 5, 2021

It has been said that income taxes are the price we pay for civilization. To that, as I try to make sense of the tax code, I must ask, “This is civilization?”

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So Capitalism Can't Handle COVID but Government Can?

July 29, 2021

The idiot who said capitalism can’t handle COVID got it precisely wrong. In this commentary at EL AMERICAN, I recount my recent COVID-related experience at the Paris airport.

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Was Hitler a Capitalist or a Christian? →

July 29, 2021

Do not be gullible or foolish enough to suggest that the supremely evil Adolf Hitler was either a capitalist or a Christian.

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Cancel Culture Targets Hayek →

July 28, 2021

To the LSE Class War people, Hayek’s championship of the free economy over a socialist one is a sin that can be neither forgiven nor tolerated. Theirs is an indefensible perspective that speaks volumes about their intellectual insecurity.

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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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Dumb as a box of rocks.

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The Babylon Bee reports that at publishing time, sources revealed that The New York Times had already fired one of its lead journalists for inadvertently reporting a true story.

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Recent Quotes

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“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
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.”

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Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders
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Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders
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“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.

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Recent Blogs

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One Hundred Years Ago in Rome
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One Hundred Years Ago in Rome
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The line between sanity and mental illness is not stark and defined. It is blurry, so it’s not easy to tell when someone has crossed it.

Apr 4, 2026
William Henry Harrison: The Speech
Apr 3, 2026
William Henry Harrison: The Speech
Apr 3, 2026

As long as it was, it was largely boring and forgettable.

Apr 3, 2026
Eleanor Roosevelt on the Ten-Dollar Bill?
Apr 3, 2026
Eleanor Roosevelt on the Ten-Dollar Bill?
Apr 3, 2026

A proposal from more than a decade ago that fortunately went nowhere.

Apr 3, 2026