Most lovers of freedom and free markets champion the separation of the state (politics and politicians) from a lot of…
Americans over the age of 60 will likely remember the hilarious TV game show that ran for 25 years (1965-1980)…
In The Devil’s Dictionary, the writer Ambrose Bierce offered this definition of History: “An account mostly false, of events mostly…
No matter which major party won America’s presidential election in 1920, the country was destined for another chief executive from…
Anyone who has ever dabbled in genealogy knows that as you go back into family history, the answers to one…
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women was published more than a century and a half ago—in 1868—and all these decades later,…
When George Orwell’s Animal Farm was first published on August 17 in 1945, World War II in Europe had concluded…
On this date in 1935—August 15—a man who made all of America laugh suddenly made the whole country cry. Will…
Does money buy high public office? It’s a contentious political question. The best answer, it seems to me, is this:…
Today marks an infamous centennial. One hundred years ago—on July 29, 1921—Adolf Hitler assumed the leadership of the National Socialist…
“Wherever books are burned,” wrote the German journalist and poet Heinrich Heine, “men in the end will also burn.” He…
Six months into his presidency, Joe Biden has yet to meet a tax he does not like. He proposes higher…
Everybody knows that the Vermont-based ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s can dish it out, but we will soon find…
Historically, the connection between gold and liberty is a potent one. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to assert—if you will…
EL CHORRO, SPAIN – After a leisurely stroll yesterday on “the world’s scariest hike,” I am ready for the main…