Writes Kevin Gutzman: “In the Founders’ day, the 4th of July was a partisan holiday. It was celebrated in the 1790s and 1800s by Jeffersonian Republicans desirous of showing their devotion…
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That’s what Michael Lind is saying now . You see, we’re not “experimental” like he is. He’s willing to try out lots of things: freedom, semi-freedom, and full-on coercion. And we keep sticking to our…
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I talk a lot about the conventional version of history, and the problems with it. I talk about the lack of curiosity on the part of students who simply repeat…
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This morning I spoke to the juniors at my kids’ (private) school about libertarianism, as part of a course they’re taking on political philosophy. The session lasted 90 minutes. I…
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Jamie Weinstein, author of the Daily Caller article critical of Ron Paul’s peace institute , can’t understand my post in reply to him . He tweets: Talk about terrible reading skills. Each of your bullet points are utterly irrelevant to what I wrote…
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To become a better writer, you must do two things. First, you must read good writing. That means identifying good writers and tracking down what they wrote. Thomas Sowell is…
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The end-the-Fed movement is the natural outgrowth of free-market economics. The Federal Reserve is a government-created institution with government-granted monopoly privileges. Its interventions into the economy give rise to the…
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A lot of this won’t apply to you — much of it is taken up with criticisms of copyeditors — but that doesn’t mean it isn’t thoroughly enjoyable to read…
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Someone sent me a video called “ All Wars Are Bankers’ Wars .” Within three minutes I had to turn it off. It begins with a fake quotation from Ben Franklin, arguing that the most…
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So Saturday mail delivery is on its way out , in order to save money for the U.S. Postal Service. Whenever more post office woes are reported, I am reminded of Lysander Spooner, who in addition to his…
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