If we banned milk, we would produce precisely the same effects we’ve seen with marijuana prohibition. The streets would be full of milk pushers. The milk business would go to the Al Capones of the world instead of your local grocer.
Read MoreThe Deficit That Matters Most
Audiences ask me all the time, “Mr. Reed, what do you think the #1 problem is in the country today?” They expect me to say it’s government spending, or deficits, or crime, or opioids, or taxes, or racism, or the national debt. It is none of those.
Read MoreThe First Female Mayor →
Until the polls opened on election day, she had no idea she was even on the ballot.
Read MoreOrigins of the Modern Nanny State →
The modern welfare state began not as a utopian vision of altruism and compassion, but as nothing more than a political ploy for one man to keep himself and his party in office.
Read MoreSpeech is Freedom's First Line of Defense →
Restriction of free thought and free speech might be the most dangerous of all subversions.
Read MoreThe Tyranny of the Short-Run: What I Would Tell the Romans →
Do you think the Romans would applaud or boo? Would my short but pointed speech change anyone’s behavior?
Read MoreThe Disappearing Entrepreneur: The Case of Jim Thompson →
What if all entrepreneurs took a walk and disappeared?
Read MoreLenin's NEP: When the Soviets Admitted Socialism Didn't Work →
Wouldn’t it make a lot more sense to simply avoid the socialist trap in the first place?
Read MoreNeta Snook and Amelia Earhart →
While Amelia Earhart certainly deserves to be remembered for her accomplishments, so does Neta Snook.
Read MoreYour Friendly Government is Debauching the Currency
Ultimately, the laws of economics cannot be repealed by any mortal, not even presumptuous politicians and planners in government.
Read MoreLuck or Miracle? Samoset and the Pilgrims →
The Plymouth colonists met what were perhaps the only two English-speaking Indians on the eastern seaboard.
Read MoreMario Vargas Llosa at 85
Peru missed an opportunity for greatness when its voters narrowly failed to elect Mario Vargas Llosa their President in 1990.
Read MoreThe Knives of the Cancel Culture are Out to Get Adam Smith →
Don’t let presentism sully a great man!
Read MoreWhy Socialism Stinks--Frank Gaffney Interviews Me on His TV Show - 3/3/21 →
Socialism is a tragic joke. This is Part One of two parts. Part Two is here: https://tinyurl.com/9z3fxtbk.
Read MoreThe Flushing Remonstrance for Lee Habeeb's "Our American Stories" (audio) →
The story (in audio) of the Flushing Remonstrance, a pivotal document and moment that established a precedent of religious liberty in what would eventually become the United States. Based on this article: https://fee.org/articles/the-flushing-remonstrance-the-religious-magna-carta-of-the-new-world/.
Read MoreAnother Dumb Reason to Take Your Money
Politicians who bemoan low voter turnout shouldn’t be so critical of non-voters.
Read MoreLessons from The Telegraph for the Biden Crew
Americans of the 1800s learned from the development of the telegraph that it was entrepreneurs in a free market, not government, that really promoted the “public interest.”
Read MoreLouis Armstrong's Great Music and Legacy →
When he died in 1971, fellow Jazz great Duke Ellington said of him, “He was born poor, died rich, and never hurt anyone along the way.”
Read MoreWisdom From Three Great African Americans →
Marian Anderson, George Washington Carver, and Booker T. Washington possessed wisdom and character that deserves to resonate and inspire for many generations to come.
Read MoreWhy is Socialism ANTI-SOCIAL? →
Now that we know what socialism is, why is it anti-social? Let me count the ways. Six, at least.
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