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How Richard Nixon Wrecked Free Trade
With the capacity to print forever, the US could fund its empire, fund its welfare state, fund its gigantic budget, fund its military, and all without bothering with actually doing much of anything beyond sitting behind screens.
Inconvenient Historical Truths From ‘Black History Month’
A few historical and inconvenient notes left on the cutting room floor during Black History Month.
The Meaning of President’s Day
America’s Early Presidents Were Admirable Men of Principle– Let us Hope we can Find More Like Them
Black History or “Sins of White People” Month?
What is called Black History Month might more accurately be called “the sins of white people” month.
What Was The Real Ayn Rand Like?
Peikoff offers personal insights into the real Ayn Rand—the thinker, the artist, the teacher, the passionate valuer of the best within man.
The Legacy of Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton did not as treasury secretary implement, or espouse, any system of protective tariffs or bounties.
The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving: The Triumph of Capitalism over Collectivism
In the wilderness of the New World, the Plymouth Pilgrims had progressed from the false dream of communism to the sound realism of capitalism.
Millennials for Communism
The horrors of Nazism, Stalinism, and Maoism did not begin in the ’20s, ’30s and ’40s. Those horrors were the result of a long evolution of ideas leading to a consolidation of power in the central government in the quest for “social justice.”
Columbus Day: A Time to Celebrate
Underlying the political collectivism of the anti-Columbus crowd is a racist view of human nature.
Fascist Franklin Roosevelt’s Bogus Economic Bill of Rights
Not one of these “rights” can be provided to anyone without some other American reduced in his freedom.
Isabel Paterson: A Woman Who Could ‘Save the World’
Ayn Rand published The Fountainhead, and Rose Wilder Lane published The Discovery of Freedom, and Isabel Paterson published The God of the Machine, all in 1943.
The Moment Rose Wilder Lane’s Faith in Communism Was Pierced
“I am now a fundamentalist American; give me time and I will tell you why individualism, laissez-faire and… capitalism offer the best opportunities for the development of the human spirit.”
E Pluribus Unum
Few phrases from our country’s creation illustrate that disconnect better than E Pluribus Unum: out of many, one.
William Penn: “The First Great Hero of American Liberty”
Penn’s commitment to a free society needs our re-commitment.
Black Innovators and Entrepreneurs Under Capitalism
That innovative black Americans flourished in late 19th- and early 20th-century America is a little-known part of our Capitalist heritage.
Alexander Hamilton’s Liberalism: Distinguishing Fact and Myth
Hamilton is an Enlightened, classical liberal, a more consistent champion of rights and liberty than any other Founder, thus an inspiring model for contemporary friends of liberty.
How Socialists Hijacked The Word “Liberal”
In the 19th century, liberalism was identified with the belief in and the defense of individual liberty in various spheres of life.
George Washington: America’s Most Indispensable Veteran
Washington knew his efforts were a means to an end—maintaining liberty. We would profit by reflecting on his words and whether the vision we act upon today reflects that vision or distorts it.
After Covid: Twelve Challenges for a Shattered World
The pandemic response enabled new government powers of surveillance, enforcement, and hegemony, resulting in the ultimate and global experiment in social management under the guise of science.
John Locke, The U.S. Constitution and the General Welfare
John Locke’s view reflects the fact that a government that has nothing of its own to give, but can only give what it takes from others, means it cannot “give” to some without involuntarily violating the general welfare of others.
Capitalism at a Crossroads: 1875-1900
Throughout history, some people have enjoyed greater wealth than others. However, American society was the first in which thatwealth was attained, not by conquest or confiscation, but by production and trade. For this, America’s capitalists were condemned.
A Declaration of Independence from Tyrannical Government
The “monkish ignorance and superstition” of today is the misplaced belief that the individual is to be sacrificed to the group, the collective, to the nation – as long as the banner under which it is done is called “democracy” or “social justice.”
A Brief History of “Corporatism”
Corporatism abolishes the competitive dynamic of competitive capitalism and replaces it with cartels run by oligarchs.
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