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Merry Christmas, Montana! →

December 17, 2024

Roy L. Smith cautioned that “He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.”

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Bringing Rose Lane to Life →

December 10, 2024

From conscription to dependency on government programs to the near-meaningless differences between communism and fascism, Lane’s writing stands out as some of the most clear-eyed stuff libertarians have ever produced.

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Remembering Raczyński's Note →

December 10, 2024

Raczyński revealed in terrifying detail what the Nazis were doing—the creation of ghettoes, the forced labor, the gas chambers, the starvation, the torture, the mass executions.

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Socialism: Science or Cyanide? →

November 26, 2024

Why do socialism/communism produce mayhem on an industrial scale?

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Maybe Blaine County Needs a New Name →

November 18, 2024

Millions of veterans have utilized the G.I. Bill and no one ever told them they couldn’t go to colleges run by Baptists, Presbyterians, Catholics, or whatever. The resulting choice and competition has been good for everybody.

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Abolish the Department of Kudzu →

November 12, 2024

Only a government agency can get away with a half-century of failure. A private operation with a similar record as the DoE would have filed for bankruptcy long ago.

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The Republic of What? →

November 12, 2024

Micro-nations are fascinating, regardless of what other governments may think of them.

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Cleveland & Coolidge: Two Presidents Who Got It Right -- Delivered in Wichita, Kansas, on November 8, 2024

November 9, 2024

Models of character, these two great men sought to do what was right whether it was politically popular or not.

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Who Was Joe Overton of Overton Window Fame? →

November 7, 2024

While the Overton Window concept is valuable and appealing, the man behind it deserves to be remembered every bit as much.

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Albert Gallatin and the Extraordinary Free Trade Convention of 1831 →

October 17, 2024

With the outcome of the Free Trade Convention of 1831, Albert Gallatin cemented his record as one of early America’s most eloquent defenders of freedom of commerce.

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Unleashing the Sun, a New, Free eBook from FEE on Japanese history →

October 9, 2024

With essays by Stephen Davies, Toshio Murata, Hiroshi Yoshida, Tyler Curtis and me.

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Jefferson's Embargo →

September 29, 2024

Jefferson’s 1807 Embargo went against everything Albert Gallatin stood for, but was it worth resigning over?


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Do You Know the Ten Cannots? →

September 10, 2024

What a difference for the better these truths would make if every citizen took them to heart and lived up to them! Think about it.

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Albert Gallatin, America's Swiss Founding Father →

September 6, 2024

Despite issuing nearly $15 million in bonds for the Louisiana Purchase, he still managed to slash the national debt by half in little more than a decade.

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Casimir Pulaski, Hero of Both Poland and America →

September 4, 2024

The "Father of the American Cavalry," Pulaski should be remembered for all time.

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Two Poles Every American Should Know →

August 21, 2024

What they did for America left a deep impression on me and began a lifelong appreciation for Poland and things Polish.

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The Full Interview with John Papola, posted 8/15/24 →

August 16, 2024

A video interview you will want to share with your socialist friends.

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A New Book From "The Man" Down Under →

August 13, 2024

Having known Ron Manners now for almost half of his life and for more than half of my own, I can honestly say he’s a model of perseverance.

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Poverty, Government, and More -- An Interview (8/6/24) on SBTV →

August 6, 2024

Big Government + Bad People = Tyranny and Poverty

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The Man Who Ended the Tyranny of Sparta →

July 28, 2024

This man was a warrior-philosopher, a revolutionary, an ascetic, a statesman and diplomat, a liberator, and a military genius.

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Recent “Best of Web”

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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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September 10, 2026
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
Suspicions Of Ayatollah's Death Rise After His Name Appears On California Voter Rolls
September 2, 2026
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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September 2, 2026

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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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.”

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February 1, 2025

Recent Blogs

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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!
September 2, 2026
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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September 2, 2026