On this Inauguration Day, it’s worth noting that the man who delivered the longest inaugural address in American history also presided over the shortest presidency. If there’s any lesson there, it might be this: keep it short and sweet.

If DOGE can accomplish what Dodge accomplished, we too may experience a new American economic miracle. The difference a Detroit banker made in three countries—Germany, Japan and the U.S.

Introducing “The Philadelphia Declaration.”

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

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

What some U.S. Presidents said on Christmas.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.