If other governments are doing it, that might be a good argument for us not to.
Read MoreMurder in Carroll County
McIntosh grew up to become “A Man of Two Worlds,” as the subtitle of George Chapman’s very good biography attests. He was accepted in both the Creek and American cultures of his day.
Read MorePatrick Henry and His Famous Speech →
Michael Liebowitz of The Rational Egoist interviews me on one of the most famous orations in American history. Also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7nfW1NhHUCzwGrcUHX77cq?si=GvW360sGRBuvEx2lPnAjxw
Read MoreCrisp Got the Message
Charles Crisp may be forgotten even in Crisp County these days but on this one very important matter, his change of mind helped protect the integrity of the nation’s currency.
Read MoreRetrospective: How Did Government Handle COVID?
Overall, the one-size-fits-all response to COVID-19 by Big Government was heavy-handed and often dead wrong (excuse the pun). Remember that the next time some ideologue breathlessly urges you to turn everything over to it in the name of “crisis management.”
Read MoreThe Unseemly Greenland Gambit
Americans ought to let Trump know that we do not want Greenland “one way or the other.” Such unseemly language should always be beneath us.
Read MoreGive Me Liberty! →
In the long and storied history of the struggle for liberty, “the speech” of March 23, 1775, in that Richmond church surely ranks as one of the most memorable orations of all time. Spanish translation here: https://informeorwell.com/cultura/dame-libertad-o-dame-muerte-250-anos-despues/.
Read MoreDOGE Exposes Constitutional Drift →
According to the Big Government crowd, spending is only “multiplied” when the politicians and their beneficiaries do it. That smacks of self-serving alchemy.
Read MoreThe Jig is Up
Most Americans aren’t fools. They know the Democrats didn’t lift a finger on waste, fraud and abuse when they could have. But it’s worse than that.
Read MoreRemember the Ides of March →
In an ancient Roman context, the Ides of March evokes a story of bloodshed and tyranny. In an American context, however, March 15 should be remembered as a remarkable day in which the character of a great man saved a nation.
Read MoreThe Centennial of Coolidge's Inaugural →
Calvin Coolidge remains the only President of the United States in the last 200 years to leave the federal government smaller than the day he took the job.
Read MoreWas Marx a Peacenik? Give Me a Break! →
The Communist Manifesto is gobbledygook writ large as if cooked up by nincompoops. (The article also appears here: https://tinyurl.com/2azyp9t7).
Read MoreThe Quasquicentennial of the Box Brownie →
Like almost everybody today, I use a digital camera and haven’t bought a roll of film in decades. But my first camera, back in 1960, was a Kodak Box Brownie.
Read MoreRemembering Oscar DePriest →
He thought federal welfare programs would undermine independence and entrepreneurship—and on that, the historical verdict is sad but resoundingly clear: He was right.
Read MoreGeorgia Governor Brian Kemp is Right →
Excessive damage claims are not only mostly arbitrary, but they burden everybody with higher insurance premiums and hit small businesses especially hard.
Read MoreReflecting on the Gold Democrats →
Please don’t blame me for the dollar’s century-long decline in purchasing power. I would have voted Locofoco in 1836 and Gold Democrat in 1896.
Read MoreMontana and Missouri: The Fur Connection →
Historian K. Ross Toole: “Before the emigrant’s wagon ever rolled a mile, before the miner found his first color, before the government authorized a single road or trail, this inhospitable land had been traversed and mapped” by folks in the fur business.
Read MoreLongest Inaugural, Shortest Presidency →
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.
Read MoreDOGE and DODGE →
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.
Read MoreGet Ready for the Semiquincentennial! →
Introducing “The Philadelphia Declaration.”
Read More