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April 18, 2013

Statism isn’t voluntary, which by definition means it’s violent. Either we interact with others in peace and mutual respect, or we boss them around as nanny states always do.

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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.

September 10, 2026

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.

September 7, 2026

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.

September 2, 2026

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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.

September 2, 2026

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.

February 11, 2025

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

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September 14, 2026

On Constitution Day, Celebrate the Anti-Federalists

September 14, 2026

What is the main source of our big government problem today—a flawed document or flawed individuals who have allowed its protections to wither?

September 14, 2026

September 13, 2026

America's Friends in Parliament

September 13, 2026

Wilkes, Pitt, Barré, Burke, and Fox: These are the names of great British parliamentarians who defended America when few of their colleagues could muster the courage to do so. They should forever be an important part of the story of America’s creation.

September 13, 2026

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.

September 5, 2026