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Daniel Ortega, Evil Dictator

June 11, 2021

His entire adult life is a story of power lust—of fighting for power, abusing it when he got it, being ousted when it made him over-confident, then fighting to regain it, and now doing his best to keep it for life.

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A Tale of Two Henrys (and Inflation Too) →

June 5, 2021

If Henry VIII knew his history, he might have learned from the earlier Henry and been a better money manager.

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America's Founders Were Heroes to the World

June 3, 2021

The Founders would be among the first to tell you they did not possess all the answers to everything. But they were confident that a free people would eventually come up with better answers than corrupt elites who worship power.

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The Importance of Hope

June 3, 2021

Hope is not something you can touch, taste, smell or see but it’s powerful stuff, a compelling motivator. Here are some reasons why it’s so important.

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I Was a Smuggler -- And Proud Of It! →

May 31, 2021

Banning the transport of stuff that people desire is much easier said than done and may well produce more victims than the stuff itself.

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Joe and Janet, Robber Barons →

May 29, 2021

Yes, unbelievable as it may be to small children, governments and double standards go together like peanut butter and jelly.

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Entrepreneurs and Encouragement →

May 25, 2021

My speech for the Free Market Road Show conference in Podgorica, Montenegro — May 2021. In the video, the speech begins at about 6:50.

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George Schuyler Was His Own Man →

May 22, 2021

For more than five decades as a journalist, George Schuyler eloquently assailed Jim Crow, Big Government, and socialism.

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Liberty, Christianity and Latin America

May 20, 2021

Liberty is an environment in which everyone makes choices about his life without fearing the initiation of force against him.

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The Mind of Edith Hamilton →

May 16, 2021

Edith Hamilton: “If men insisted on being free from the burden of a life that was self-dependent and also responsible for the common good, they would cease to be free at all. Responsibility was the price every man must pay for freedom. It was to be had on no other terms.”

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The Class Warfare Game Never Ends Well

May 13, 2021

A society can either create wealth or plunder and redistribute it. Which side are you on?

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My Thoughts in the Romanian Press on the Country's Economic Development →

May 12, 2021

A good leader does not consider himself God and does not try to replace the personal plans of individuals with his own governmental plan but must realize that prosperous economies exist not because arrogant civil servants set them up, but because, thanks to consumers and risk-taking, private entrepreneurs have been allowed the freedom to thrive.

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Don't Repeat FDR's Mistakes →

May 11, 2021

In the midst of the Great Depression, many Americans put common sense aside and accepted Franklin Roosevelt’s beguiling promises. But decades later, we know that those promises were rooted in politics, not economics, and that the New Deal was nothing more than a series of expensive blunders.

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Hayek on Collectivism →

May 8, 2021

The principle that ends justify means is one where the ethics of individualists and collectivists collide, F.A. Hayek saw.

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A Video Interview on America's Parallels to Rome →

May 6, 2021

Lots of great info in this video interview on ancient Rome and lessons for today — recorded in April 2021

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Joe Biden Knows Jim Crow--VERY well!

May 6, 2021

Get your history of Jim Crow from people who know what they’re talking about, such as Jerrold Packard and Bill Steigerwald and Ray Sprigle, not from politicians more interested in manipulating you than informing you.

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Two Big Brazilian Flops →

May 6, 2021

Even the most successful people confront the specter of failure. The question is can we learn from it.

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A May Day Lesson: The Real Reasons Wages Rise →

May 1, 2021

You owe it to yourself on May Day, and every day, to know what makes the difference between wealth and poverty for the workers of the world.

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A Dark, Dark Night →

April 26, 2021

An 11-minute audio podcast in the “Rule of Law” series of Lee Habeeb’s “Our American Stories,” based on articles of mine on the Wilson administration.

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The Power of Positive Example

April 20, 2021

To paraphrase Ralph Waldo Emerson, “What you are speaks so loudly I cannot hear what you’re saying.”

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