A Century From Now

September 4, 2018

Let Us Raise a Standard

September 4, 2018

The quote is from George Washington. It hung from above the fireplace in the library at the old FEE mansion in Irvington, NY.

Marijuana

September 3, 2018

The Poor and Socialism

September 3, 2018

Who Gives and Who Receives?

September 3, 2018

Market Perfection

September 3, 2018

Socialism Sucks

September 3, 2018

Washington

September 3, 2018

Good Intentions

September 3, 2018

Endless Reforms

September 3, 2018

Babies and Socialism

September 3, 2018

Recent “Best of Web”

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Feb 19, 2026

New Yorkers Report Warmth of Collectivism Feels Strangely Like Crushing Tax Hikes

Feb 19, 2026

Jan 26, 2026

Minnesotans Escape to Somalia

Jan 26, 2026

Fleeing Minneapolis for Mogadishu.

Jan 26, 2026

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

Recent Quotes

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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

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

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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Mar 14, 2026

The Story Told by Poland and Venezuela

Mar 14, 2026

Only socialists can look at Poland and Venezuela and arrive at the wrong conclusion. For everybody else, which system works and which does not is as certain as where the sun rises and where it sets. Spanish version: https://tinyurl.com/yt44u7px.

Mar 14, 2026

Mar 12, 2026

Native Americans and the Revolution

Mar 12, 2026

Most Native Americans were not bystanders as patriots fought British soldiers and Hessian mercenaries.

Mar 12, 2026

Mar 1, 2026

The Life of Frederic Bastiat, a Real Hero for Liberty

Mar 1, 2026

To his last breath, he mustered great eloquence to assault the arrogance of socialism and to defend the virtues of liberty. Article also appears here: https://fee.org/articles/the-life-of-frederic-bastiat/.

Mar 1, 2026