Lawrence W. Reed
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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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Reflecting on the Gold Democrats
The official platforms of American political parties are often short on substance and long on platitudes. Sometimes they are a…
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Longest Inaugural, Shortest Presidency
On this Inauguration Day, it’s worth noting that the man who delivered the longest inaugural address in American history also…
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Remembering Hayek’s Remarkable Nobel Lecture
Thirty-two years ago this month—on March 23, 1992—Austrian economist, political philosopher, and Nobel laureate Friedrich August von Hayek passed away…
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Samurai Who Weren’t Japanese
Many Americans owe their knowledge of Japanese samurai to filmmakers. Renowned for their discipline and courage, the samurai were the…
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Why the Meiji Restoration Was Pivotal for Japan
Isolation, feudalism, and military dictatorship governed the Asian nation of Japan from 1603 until 1868. Known as the period of…
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