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How Washington Won the War

February 15, 2026

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

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How Did the Middle and Lower Classes Fare in the Roman Empire? →

February 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.

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My Best Investment Ever

February 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!

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Eisenhower and the Berlin Capture, 1945

February 6, 2026

In September 1944, General Eisenhower intended for Allied forces to eventually capture Berlin, the Nazi capital. By March 1945, he had changed his mind. Why? This is an essay I wrote 51 years ago as a senior at Grove City College.

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A Very Old Racket

January 27, 2026

Historians generally posit that the Roman welfare state appeared in the last century of the old Republic, beginning with grain subsidies in 123 B.C. But the racket is even older than that, by at least 300 years. Photo credit: Douglas Rissing via iStock.

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China's Past Through a Lens of Liberty →

January 27, 2026

A new, free eBook from FEE. On Chinese history from a liberty perspective by Lawrence W. Reed and Katrina Gulliver.

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When America Bought Land From Denmark

January 16, 2026

The U.S. never threatened or bullied Denmark before it peacefully purchased the Danish West Indies more than a century ago.

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He Gave It All for America

January 13, 2026

Arrested and incarcerated twice by the British for espionage, this Polish immigrant gave all he had to the American cause.

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Thomas Paine and the American Spirit

January 12, 2026

On the 250th anniversary of the appearance of Common Sense, I decided to give it a long overdue re-examination. I wanted to see if it would “electrify” me as it did so many people so long ago. It did.

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Happy 90th Birthday to the Man from Perth →

January 8, 2026

January 8 is a very important day in the illustrious life of Australia’s preeminent champion of freedom and free markets.

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He Could Have Been President

January 5, 2026

He was a man of integrity whose political and economic positions often flowed naturally from that very fact.

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The Caracas Conundrum

January 4, 2026

What happens now runs a huge risk of turning a great moment for freedom into an indefensible quagmire.

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The Most Idiotic Things Ever Uttered by Socialists About the Collectivism They Impose

January 3, 2026

Zohran Mamdani’s “warmth of collectivism” remark may prove to be the most idiotic of the year, but socialists say dumb stuff like that all the time.

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Honest When No One is Looking

December 29, 2025

Does this story tug at your heartstrings? If it does, then you appreciate something the world desperately needs, something that is crucial to a free and moral society—honesty for the sake of it. Photo: Dr. Haing S. Ngor.

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Foreword to "Chasing Value" by Simon Studer

December 21, 2025

From income inequality to jobs to politics to personal independence, Simon Studer shows how value—subjective, personal value, the only kind there is—makes the world go round. Most readers of this book will never see the world the same way again. And that, you will learn, is a very good thing. A wonderful contribution in the Austrian School tradition.

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Books for Winter Evenings

December 19, 2025

Thomas Jefferson once said, “I cannot live without books.” Indeed, he owned about 6,000 of them, which he sold to Congress in 1815.

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A Montana Moment to Remember →

December 17, 2025

A testament to a friendship that hopefully will endure forever.

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The Good Counsel of Mrs. Marx

December 14, 2025

The pigeons in the picture got it right. Marx was a detestable fraud and he should have listened to his mother.

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Americans Who Separated Church and State

December 13, 2025

Matters of belief and conscience should belong exclusively to the individual and his Maker, not legislators and potentates.

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A Hero Americans Must Never Forget

December 11, 2025

He was arrested and interrogated by the highest-ranking officer in the British Army, General William Howe, who got utterly nothing out of him but name, rank and an honest account of his purpose. For their patriotism, his last words remain unsurpassed. Spanish version here: https://informeorwell.com/opinion/un-heroe-que-los-estadounidenses-jamas-deben-olvidar-nathan-hale/.

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Recent “Best of Web”

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Minnesotans Escape to Somalia
Jan 26, 2026
Minnesotans Escape to Somalia
Jan 26, 2026

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