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As Far North As It Gets →

July 15, 2024

Al Gore makes big bucks for peddling gloom-and-doom scare talk and never issues refunds when his forecasts flop.

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Wake Up, America! →

July 11, 2024

With John Papola for his Dad Saves America podcast.

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A 15-minute Interview in Lublin, Poland, April 2024 →

July 10, 2024

I recorded this brief interview while in Lublin, Poland in April 2024 to speak for my good friend Prof. Luke Jasinski at Maria Sklodowska University. Turn your volume up.

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The Good That Carter Did →

July 8, 2024

The very fact that he went to Washington but came back to Plains, Georgia, speaks strongly in his favor.

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Sixteen Things Individuals Can Do To Help Bring America Together →

June 19, 2024

People of goodwill and character can shape the future for the better. It’s never too soon or too late to start.

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The Jews of Montana →

June 19, 2024

Jewish Montanans thrived in mining, merchandising, railroads, hotels, livestock, medicine, meat packing, jewelry and candy making, and even local politics.

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Is Moldova Next? →

June 12, 2024

Whether you support U.S. aid to Ukraine or not, do not delude yourself into thinking that Moscow will stop if it takes Kyiv.

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The Free State of Bottleneck--Gone But Not Forgotten →

June 4, 2024

Maybe someday there will be a country called “The Department of Motor Vehicles.”

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Another Side of FDR →

May 21, 2024

He zigged and zagged from one Rube Goldberg policy contraption to the next. His elitist brain trusters covered for his failures and cooked up new schemes, in what Flynn called “the dance of the crackpots.”

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A Small Town with a Famous Name →

May 21, 2024

Thomas Hart Benton and Andrew Jackson would be horrified at today’s Federal Reserve, which has victimized the country with almost non-stop monetary mischief since its birth in 1913.

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Remembering 1924 →

May 15, 2024

The 1924 presidential election was a colorful one, featuring a record 103 nomination ballots and the Democratic convention and the Republican victory of the Coolidge-Dawes ticket in November.

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I try to make my articles like my axe throwing.

May 13, 2024

Why President Pierce Opposed Federal Aid for the Insane →

May 9, 2024

Neither the Congress nor the President of today possesses the courage of a Franklin Pierce on the matter of spending, even as the national debt is on track to hit $50 trillion before this decade is out.

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American Hyperinflation →

May 8, 2024

The dollar is no longer “as good as gold” because government mismanages money just as it mismanages almost everything else.

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Best Quotes on Freedom →

May 2, 2024

Any nation founded on a promise of freedom must be reminded constantly of what freedom is all about, as well as how rare and precious it is. Here are some of my favorite quotes on the subject.

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Doing Something About the Debt Bomb →

April 26, 2024

Unless you have reason to believe the culprits in Washington are going to fix this on their own, consider the Article V option seriously.

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Were Japan's "Taika Reforms" a Good Idea? →

March 28, 2024

The so-called “reforms” were far-reaching, to be sure, but they were also quintessentially authoritarian.

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Lessons From Prohibition →

March 26, 2024

Did you know there were 32,000 “speakeasies” in New York City at the height of Prohibition? More on Prohibition here too: https://fee.org/articles/the-volstead-act-a-centennial-to-note-not-toast/.

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What State Boasts the World's Record for the Largest Snowflake? →

March 26, 2024

The word “snowflake” has taken on a new meaning in recent years.

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Liberty and Character: Two Sides of the Same Coin →

March 19, 2024

What’s the connection between the two? A lecture for the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri — March 14, 2024.

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Obama Library Disenfrancises Millions of Blacks by Requiring Voter ID
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Civil rights activists in Chicago have warned that the photo ID requirement at the Obama Library could directly kill thousands of black people — Babylon Bee.

June 22, 2026
Gore's Scam
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Gore's Scam
June 20, 2026

Referring to the lies in his cartoonish fiction film, Gore says “It may not have been true in any way, but I sure enjoyed it. After all, I am now very, very rich" — Babylon Bee.

June 20, 2026
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Democrats Demand Reparations from African American
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Prominent Democratic Party leaders in Washington, D.C., took to the airwaves this week, calling for immediate reparations to be paid to make amends for the repeated success of African American Elon Musk — Babylon Bee.

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Recent Quotes

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Murphy on America
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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.

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.”

February 1, 2025
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.

March 20, 2023

Recent Blogs

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Real Heroes of the American Revolution: A Lecture at the Mackinac Center, 6/22/26
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Real Heroes of the American Revolution: A Lecture at the Mackinac Center, 6/22/26
June 24, 2026

Nathan Hale, Haym Salomon, Mercy Warren, Casimir Pulaski, George Whitefield, James Otis, Esther Reed—these are among the great patriots I talk about in this June 22, 2026 lecture in Midland, Michigan.

June 24, 2026
The Central Banker Who Defied Hitler
June 22, 2026
The Central Banker Who Defied Hitler
June 22, 2026

Generally speaking, central banks get excessive credit for the good times and insufficient blame for the bad times. But you could certainly do worse than Hans Luther.

June 22, 2026
Animated Video: "I, Smartphone"
June 18, 2026
Animated Video: "I, Smartphone"
June 18, 2026

Narrated by Naomi Brockwell, this new video tells the story of my recent essay, “I, Smartphone: Far Smarter Than You Ever Imagined.” Print version of the essay: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GP9MG18K

June 18, 2026