“Rugged Individualism is a unique component of America’s DNA, a key ingredient in what makes America exceptional”. – Rugged Individualism Another Labor Day signals the end of summer and the return of children to school. The first Monday of September, Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894 after President Cleveland signed the bill into law. Recognizing the contributions of the American worker to the country’s prosperity, Labor Day has long been hijacked by the American

“For Austrian economists, the central function of markets is to produce the relevant economic knowledge to coordinate human action in a world of uncertainty and constant change so that people can achieve their goals in an orderly manner.” – The Essential Austrian Economics Kings who rule over their independent nations typically inherit their positions by the right of birth, or divine authority, and are commonly renowned for their power, rank, and influence. Americans, likewi

“The explanation of psychiatric diagnosis leads paradoxically and simultaneously to overtreatment and undertreatment. The genuinely disturbed get short shrift: those with chronic schizophrenia, which seems most likely to me to be a genuine pathological malfunction of the brain, are left to molder in the doorways, streets, and stations of large cities, while untold millions have their fluctuating preoccupations attended to with the kind of attention that an over concerned moth

“Ideas – when communicated with strength, passion, and clarity – can break free from academia and become popular culture. And when that happens, politics has no escape.” – The Roar of Ideas First, they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they attack you. Then you win. An adage misattributed to Mahatma Gandhi, its meaning states that most change is often met with resistance. Every popular movement passes through these four phases. This is the tale of the Argentini

“The lessons of civil rights transcend the particulars of any one political reality; its playbook offers wisdom and practical know-how to...

“The truth is, people will have negative opinions about you and there's absolutely nothing you can do to change this fact. It's time to give people the freedom to think what they want. Let them judge. Let them disapprove. Let them talk about me behind my back.” – The Let Them Theory Self-help books are a $12 billion a year business, with a staggering 85 percent of the population purchasing at least one self-help book during their lives. Unsurprisingly, 70 percent of people

“This isn’t hindsight. Everyone saw it happening”. – Original Sin In the 1989 movie “Weekend at Bernie's”, two insurance employees pretend their dead boss is still alive, so they can spend a luxurious weekend at a beachfront home. Like the film, Democrats seemed to use Biden’s increasing decline for their own ends, pushing an agenda that may or may not have been at Biden’s direction. More importantly, perhaps, was Trump’s seemingly existential threat to democracy. The

“In this case, the media and the Left wrongfully accused four officers before any of the facts were known. They helped stir the outrage that left Minneapolis in ruins for reasons that hardly resembled the truth… Now that more than two years have passed, people are starting to realize how we've been duped and divided. It seems some people are starting to ask the questions we should’ve been asking all along.” – They’re Lying At the intersection of Chicago Ave. and 38th Street i

“What lasts are the lessons whispered to us by those who have lived the types of lives we should all aspire to. What lasts is what men and women from our own history got right. We live in a time when we ignore their insights at our peril. Their whispered wisdom can only be discerned if we study them with care.” – Lessons in Liberty Following the George Floyd protests in the summer of 2020, many statues of American founders were torn down due to misguided beliefs about racia

“In the pace of their economic progress, immigrants of the past were very similar to immigrants today…The true ascent for immigrant families happens in the next generation. The children of immigrants achieve incredible economic success – a pattern that has held in the United States for more than a century”. – Streets of Gold Every ten years, the federal government collects census information across the country to determine the number of congressional districts by state. R

“I would never hurt anyone unless I had to. My life's motto is: don't hurt me, and I won't hurt you”. – The Peaceful Porcupine On June 13, 2025, Israel initiated a preemptive military strike on Iran and its nuclear facilities, military sites, and commanders. Yet, despite universal agreement that Iran has not developed a nuclear weapon, Israel and the United States are proceeding as if they have. In fact, on March 25, the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, tes

“By joining a lodge, an initiate adopted, at least implicitly, a set of values. Societies dedicated themselves to the advancement of...

“I embraced the realization that this scar, rather than a mark of hurt, would symbolize the miraculous healing God bestowed upon Landen. It would show the world that miracles happen and serve as a testament to what God accomplished, overpowering the harm that man inflicted.” – Miracle at the Mall Two moral opposites are at work in the battle between good and evil. Good can be found in peaceful interactions with others, personal integrity in words and deeds, and goodwill to

“Essentially, the Founders believed equality was a natural right, an endowment from the creator. Equality was something you moved from in building out your life, and it was the role of government to guard and protect that right”. – Equality of Opportunity To right the wrongs in European monarchies and aristocracies that prevented social mobility under their caste system, America’s founders created a structure of social equality, one of equal opportunity, rights, and trea

“When we examine the daily practices of persecution in various countries, we cannot fail to note the ease with which German occupiers were able to enlist local nationalist, national- socialist, and anti-Semitic movements to serve their ends. Without at least passive support in those countries, without the help of administrators, police, state officials, and thousands of non-German helpers who all played a role in the atrocities, Hitler's monstrous project would not have been

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“I was shot three times. I lay limp in the ditch. It was filled with my family's blood…My mother was dead. My baby sister was dead. My...

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“The media hype, the fear mongering, the lack of objectivity, the manipulating of statistics, the ignoring of effective therapies, the...

“The theory of republican government is that sovereignty resides in the citizen, who lends it to his elected representative for a...