“We need to learn about – and learn how to defend - good ideas. We need to make these ideas popular. Good ideas that aren't defended will languish.” – The Tuttle Twins Guide to The World’s Worst Ideas In March 2020, the world’s massive population returned to their homes in an attempt to slow the spread and flatten the curve, as the COVID pandemic traversed quickly across the nations.

“Almost no one will be willing to admit that those who have more wealth and income than himself have it because they have contributed more value to the world.” – Time Will Run Back We haven’t had true socialism yet.

“The book is a portable collection of written ideas, designed to elevate the human mind beyond its natural limits of experience, memory, distance, and; it; it's a vessel for numbers, narratives, laws, and lyrics; It facilitates history, politics, philosophy, religion, science, and self-discovery; it enshrines traditions while providing direction as they shift and grow; It informs the ignorant, reminds the learned, travels far, and cheats death.” – The Idea Machine Books wer

“Many people believe things that simply aren't true. They believe what they are told by the media, or what the government said, or what they read in an official report. But these people often lie.” – The Tuttle Twins Guide to True Conspiracies Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell disappeared for weeks following hospitalization without any public announcement of his condition. On July 12, photo evidence, including a Sunday edition of the Washington Post, served as proof of life

“Hats off to the King!” – The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins Since medieval times, hats have separated mankind by caste. While nobility wore extravagant headdresses of feathers and gems, knights wore helmets, and peasants wore simple flat caps. Each was a sign of the social hierarchy of the day. As time went on, hats expanded to include professional designations and personal preferences. The practice of tipping one’s hat became a way to acknowledge and greet friends a

“In a few brief lines, penned near the start of our struggle to secure our independence, the Founders distilled their philosophy of government: equal liberty for all, defined by rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, secured by a government instituted for that purpose, its limited powers derived from the consent of the governed.” – A History of Repeated Injuries On July 4, 2026, the United States of America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declara

“They talked about nuclear families the same way they talked about the nuclear bomb. It was a destructive, sexist, militaristic, heteronormative force designed to ruin the world. Literally, they would say, for emphasis at the end of every statement they made that could not possibly work in any literal sense. Instead, they argued bravely that old-school femininity was a scourge. Any woman who chose to stay in the home instead of working in the world was complicit. Any woman wh

“No denomination on earth made the kinds of outrageous claims that Rome made for itself. For instance, the Methodists never claimed to be the one and only true church founded by Jesus; nor did the Lutherans claim to have as their head a Pope who was Christ’s infallible vicar on earth; nor was the Assembly of God run by leaders claiming an unbroken line of succession going all the way back to Peter.” – Rome Sweet Home In 1517, Martin Luther’s 95 Theses would spark the Protes

“Sometimes all you hear about is the hate, but there is more love in this world than you could possibly imagine.” – The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse There is always plenty of bad news to go around. Today, nearly a quarter of US adults have a mental health condition that affects their health and well-being. As a result, over 2 million people attempt suicide every year, while 50,000 others are successful in their attempts. Globally, one in five people suffers from

“Equality of all men – the egalitarian ideal – can only be achieved if all men are precisely uniform, precisely identical with respect to all of their attributes. The egalitarian world would necessarily be a world devoid of all individuality, variety, or special creativity.” – Egalitarianism As a Revolt Against Nature Equality is an impossible goal because it is unattainable without human intervention. Differences in people are natural and beneficial. Society depends on

“Intentions aside, when a rising power threatens to displace a ruling power, the resulting structural stress makes a violent clash the rule, not the exception.” – Destined for War Many disruptive technologies in the 21st century have upstarts breaking into traditional markets, replacing established businesses, and radically changing industries. From iPhone smartphones, Airbnb, Uber, Amazon, Netflix, and Bitcoin, corporations have been put on notice to either adapt or peri

“Dictators who surround themselves with a cult of personality tend to drift off into a world of their own, confirmed in their delusions by the followers who surround them. They end up making all major decisions on their own. They see enemies everywhere, at home and abroad. As hubris and paranoia take over, they seek more power to protect the power they already have.” – How to Be a Dictator In May 2026, cryptocurrency investors gifted a 22-foot golden statue of President

“Ludwig von Mises, the great Austrian economist, said that business cycles involve a mismatch between entrepreneurs’ plans and the actual supply of resources. In a boom-bust cycle, entrepreneurs are like a master-builder who overestimates his available resources and tries to construct a building that cannot be completed as planned.” – Ludwig the Builder On May 13, 2026, the United States Senate confirmed a new Fed Chair, Kevin Warsh, to a 4-year term. Despite the Federal

“Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power. Government is necessary to preserve our freedom; it is an instrument through which we can exercise our freedom; yet by concentrating power in political hands, it is also a threat to freedom”. – Capitalism and Freedom In 1979, following his Nobel Prize selection and in promotion of his book, “Free to Choose”, economist extraordinaire and public intellectual, Milton Fried

“Orwell’s ascertaining of certain political facts was not the occasion for a change of heart, nor for a crisis of the soul. What he learned from his experience in Spain, of course, pained him very much, and it led him to change his course of conduct.” – Homage to Catalonia Fascism caught fire in the aftermath of World War I by filling the vacuum of political instability left in its wake. By bringing quasi-relief to struggling nations, many countries elected either fascist

“Demanding accountability is important, but expecting 100-percent bulletproof security is simply setting up a system for failure. Security is a series of trade-offs with plenty of room for public debate…When we achieve a national consensus on our security strategy, we then have a chance to sustain the effort with steady support.” – Permanent Emergency Before September 11, 2001 (9/11), the worst airline fatality event in the United States was the Pan Am 103, the Lockerbie B

“The ideal monetary system from a government's perspective is a cashless system where all of your transactions are electronic and therefore traceable directly to you.” – The War on Cash Citing security concerns, such as employee theft, and seeking greater efficiency, many businesses are no longer accepting cash for certain services. From self-service checkouts, parking garages, public transportation, sporting events, and in-flight services, alternative credit or debit card

“Nothing is more to the self-interest of the average person than to live in a society that is filled with multi-billionaire capitalists and their corporations, all busy using their vast wealth to produce the products he buys and to compete for the labor he sells.” – How the 1 Percent Provides the Standard of Living of the 99 Percent In 2011, Occupy Wall Street, an anti-capitalist movement, coined the inane phrase, “We are the 99 percent”, a political slogan noting the divid

“Politics is a kind of purification ritual. Most folks think it's wrong to envy, to lie, to steal, or to kill. It's just not neighborly- unless they can get a politician to do the dirty work for them. Yeah, politics allows everyone, even the best among us, to envy, to lie, to steal, and even to kill occasionally. And we can still feel good about it.” – The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible In September 2025, just weeks after the US war in Iran, US President Donald J. Trump cr

“…In olden days, Israel was a physical designation meaning the descendants of Jacob, and that today Israel is a spiritual designation meaning believers in Jesus, whether they are descended from Jacob or not”. – Zion’s Christian Soldiers? On February 28, 2026, President Trump foolishly restarted a war with Iran, just 8 months following the 12-day war in 2025. Despite claims that the US had annihilated Iran’s nuclear facilities, a new round of bombing was needed. One of the