Whether you support U.S. aid to Ukraine or not, do not delude yourself into thinking that Moscow will stop if it takes Kyiv.
Read MoreThe Free State of Bottleneck--Gone But Not Forgotten →
Maybe someday there will be a country called “The Department of Motor Vehicles.”
Read MoreAnother Side of FDR →
He zigged and zagged from one Rube Goldberg policy contraption to the next. His elitist brain trusters covered for his failures and cooked up new schemes, in what Flynn called “the dance of the crackpots.”
Read MoreA Small Town with a Famous Name →
Thomas Hart Benton and Andrew Jackson would be horrified at today’s Federal Reserve, which has victimized the country with almost non-stop monetary mischief since its birth in 1913.
Read MoreRemembering 1924 →
The 1924 presidential election was a colorful one, featuring a record 103 nomination ballots and the Democratic convention and the Republican victory of the Coolidge-Dawes ticket in November.
Read MoreI try to make my articles like my axe throwing.
Why President Pierce Opposed Federal Aid for the Insane →
Neither the Congress nor the President of today possesses the courage of a Franklin Pierce on the matter of spending, even as the national debt is on track to hit $50 trillion before this decade is out.
Read MoreAmerican Hyperinflation →
The dollar is no longer “as good as gold” because government mismanages money just as it mismanages almost everything else.
Read MoreBest Quotes on Freedom →
Any nation founded on a promise of freedom must be reminded constantly of what freedom is all about, as well as how rare and precious it is. Here are some of my favorite quotes on the subject.
Read MoreDoing Something About the Debt Bomb →
Unless you have reason to believe the culprits in Washington are going to fix this on their own, consider the Article V option seriously.
Read MoreWere Japan's "Taika Reforms" a Good Idea? →
The so-called “reforms” were far-reaching, to be sure, but they were also quintessentially authoritarian.
Read MoreLessons From Prohibition →
Did you know there were 32,000 “speakeasies” in New York City at the height of Prohibition? More on Prohibition here too: https://fee.org/articles/the-volstead-act-a-centennial-to-note-not-toast/.
Read MoreWhat State Boasts the World's Record for the Largest Snowflake? →
The word “snowflake” has taken on a new meaning in recent years.
Read MoreLiberty and Character: Two Sides of the Same Coin →
What’s the connection between the two? A lecture for the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri — March 14, 2024.
Read MoreRemembering Hayek's Remarkable Nobel Lecture →
Reducing complex human actions and interactions to numerical expression gives off airs of precision and deep sophistication. In fact, however, such efforts are usually nothing more than oversimplification magnified by hutzpah.
Read MoreTwo Indians With Scottish Names →
During the 18th Century, Scots and Creeks were the principal players in a thriving transatlantic trade in which deerskins and furs from Georgia were exchanged for various European goods.
Read MoreTwo Samurai Who Were NOT Japanese →
Did you know that at least two of the more famous samurai were not ethnically Japanese at all?
Read MoreWhy the Meiji Restoration was Pivotal for Japan →
In 1867, Japan was a closed country with both feet firmly planted in the past. A half-century later, it was a major world power. This remarkable transition begins with the Meiji Restoration.
Read MoreThe Code Breakers of Warsaw →
Hundreds of high-level, encrypted Russian military messages and signals were de-coded by the Poles, providing critical intelligence that made fools of the Russians on the battlefield.
Read MoreBravo, Bertie Brown! →
From her cabin on Brickyard Creek in Fergus County, Bertie stirred up what locals of every color regarded as a mighty fine brew—in violation of Prohibition.
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