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The Fanny Crosby Story--From Bill Courtney's "An Army of Normal Folks" Podcast →

December 30, 2024

She was blind but not disabled. Recorded in Memphis, TN, in November 2024.

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In Praise of Poland's Balcerowicz Plan, 35 Years Later →

December 27, 2024

The Polish experience proves once again that the “tonic” of capitalism is the best antidote to the “poison” of socialism. It was a powerful medicine, but the patient was close to death. After all, you don't prescribe chicken soup for cancer.

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A Cleric's Heroism →

December 26, 2024

When the bad guys hate you, you must be doing something right: The story of Cardinal Mindszenty.

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Presidents and Christmas →

December 24, 2024

What some U.S. Presidents said on Christmas.

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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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Recent “Best of Web”

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Minnesotans Escape to Somalia
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Fleeing Minneapolis for Mogadishu.

Jan 26, 2026
The End of the Climate Cult
Dec 4, 2025
The End of the Climate Cult
Dec 4, 2025

The climatastrophe has been a terrible mistake. It diverted attention from real environmental problems, cost a fortune, impoverished consumers, perpetuated poverty, frightened young people into infertility, wasted years of our time, undermined democracy and corrupted science. Time to bury the parrot — Matt Ridley.


Dec 4, 2025
Government Shutdown Exposed the Biggest Lie in Education
Oct 31, 2025
Government Shutdown Exposed the Biggest Lie in Education
Oct 31, 2025

“For decades, teachers unions and the liberal allies they bankroll in D.C. have told the American people that without the federal bureaucracy, education would crumble,” writes Ryan Walters.

Oct 31, 2025

Recent Quotes

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Murphy on America
Feb 11, 2025
Murphy on America
Feb 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.

Feb 11, 2025
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.”

Feb 1, 2025
Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders
Mar 20, 2023
Best-Selling Japanese Novelist Eiji Yoshikawa on Do-Gooders
Mar 20, 2023

“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.

Mar 20, 2023

Recent Blogs

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How Washington Won the War
Feb 15, 2026
How Washington Won the War
Feb 15, 2026

A war-time incident involving a lost dog underscored the biggest reason Washington won the war.

Feb 15, 2026
How Did the Middle and Lower Classes Fare in the Roman Empire?
Feb 10, 2026
How Did the Middle and Lower Classes Fare in the Roman Empire?
Feb 10, 2026

Despite the general decline in morals and governance that characterized much of the imperial era, ordinary Romans fared better than you might surmise, at least until the decline overwhelmed them in the late fifth century. Photo: part of the Circus Maximus.

Feb 10, 2026
My Best Investment Ever
Feb 10, 2026
My Best Investment Ever
Feb 10, 2026

I took an evening course once that proved to be the best investment I ever made. Pictured here is the same model of typewriter that I used for that course. Thank you, Charles Latham Sholes!

Feb 10, 2026