The Compact That Preceded the Magna Carta
On this date—June 15—in the year 1215, English nobles compelled King John to affix his seal to a remarkable document,...
Lawrence W. Reed
The Dark Side of Paradise: A Brief History of America’s Utopian Experiments in Communal Living
This is an article about a famous utopian community that flopped. But for context, let me first relate a story...
I Was a Smuggler—and Make No Apologies For It
Are you in favor of smuggling or are you against it? Think carefully before you answer with a categorical “yes”...
What Makes Biden and Yellen’s “Global Minimum Tax” Push So Hypocritical
Imagine if oil companies got together and agreed to charge consumers no less than $3.50 per gallon for gas. Let’s...
George Schuyler: Journalist, Individualist, and Courageous Contrarian
Historian John Henrick Clarke said of him, “I used to tell people that George got up in the morning, waited...
Why Edith Hamilton Feared the Decline of Individualism More Than Atomic Bombs
“People hate being made to think,” the educator and classical scholar Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) once said. Laziness of mind is...
