Lawrence W. Reed
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If Other Governments Do It, Why Shouldn’t We?
“If tariffs are so bad for an economy,” asks a popular meme making the rounds these days, “then why do…
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Paper Money as a Weapon of War
Ships of Britain’s massive Royal Navy, the largest in the world, inflicted great damage on American ports, property, and vessels…
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How the Post-WWII Boom Proved Keynesians Wrong
In 2021, the Biden administration secured $42.5 billion from Congress to extend broadband Internet access to small and ever-shrinking portions…
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Centenarians for Liberty
On the morning of April 19, 1775, British troops marched into Lexington, Massachusetts, on their way to confiscate weapons in…
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A Tax Man with Convictions and Courage
Have you ever heard of someone so principled that he quit his job rather than do something he knew to…
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‘Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death,’ 250 Years Later
In St. John’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, delegates from around the colony gathered to discuss matters that would rile…
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Remembering the Ides of March
In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, a fortune teller warns the Roman potentate to “Beware the Ides of March.” In the calendar…
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What Calvin Coolidge’s 1925 Inauguration Can Teach Us Today
One hundred years ago today—on a chilly March 4, 1925—President Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated again after his re-election the previous…
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Yes, Marx Advocated Violence and Political Repression
I was recently taken aback by a lengthy piece that I read (very oddly) in the Wall Street Journal. Jacob…
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Remembering Oscar dePriest
On June 12, 1929, America’s First Lady Lou Hoover hosted one of several social gatherings at the White House for…
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