Lawrence W. Reed

Why the Separation of Bank and State Is so Important

Most lovers of freedom and free markets champion the separation of the state (politics and politicians) from a lot of…

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12 Marvelous Quotes on the Bill of Rights

Americans over the age of 60 will likely remember the hilarious TV game show that ran for 25 years (1965-1980)…

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What Gibbon Got Wrong in ‘The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’

In The Devil’s Dictionary, the writer Ambrose Bierce offered this definition of History: “An account mostly false, of events mostly…

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Warren Harding’s Historic Speech on Race: How Black and White Americans Responded

No matter which major party won America’s presidential election in 1920, the country was destined for another chief executive from…

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Joseph and Esther Reed: Two Reeds I Want to be Related To

Anyone who has ever dabbled in genealogy knows that as you go back into family history, the answers to one…

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What ‘Little Women’ Author Louisa May Alcott Learned about Socialism in a 19th Century Utopian Commune

Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women was published more than a century and a half ago—in 1868—and all these decades later,…

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Was George Orwell a Socialist or a Libertarian? It’s Complicated

When George Orwell’s Animal Farm was first published on August 17 in 1945, World War II in Europe had concluded…

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The Humor—and Wisdom—of Will Rogers

On this date in 1935—August 15—a man who made all of America laugh suddenly made the whole country cry. Will…

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Meet the Roman Emperor Who Bought the Imperial Throne—and Paid With His Life

Does money buy high public office? It’s a contentious political question. The best answer, it seems to me, is this:…

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What the Nazis Had in Common With Every Other Collectivist Regime in the 20th Century

Today marks an infamous centennial. One hundred years ago—on July 29, 1921—Adolf Hitler assumed the leadership of the National Socialist…

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Marxist Student Group Demands Abolition of Hayek Society at London School of Economics

“Wherever books are burned,” wrote the German journalist and poet Heinrich Heine, “men in the end will also burn.” He…

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What Joe Biden and Henry VII Have in Common

Six months into his presidency, Joe Biden has yet to meet a tax he does not like. He proposes higher…

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The Real Victims of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Boycott Against Israel

Everybody knows that the Vermont-based ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s can dish it out, but we will soon find…

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Why Australia’s Gold Rush Ushered in Political Freedom (as Well as Wealth)

Historically, the connection between gold and liberty is a potent one. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to assert—if you will…

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Meet the Only Monarch in History Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize

EL CHORRO, SPAIN – After a leisurely stroll yesterday on “the world’s scariest hike,” I am ready for the main…

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