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LIBERTY COUNSEL LOS ANGELES, CA – One year after Liberty Counsel filed the lawsuit on behalf of Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry against...

BY TOM DEWEESE The Threat of National Heritage Areas and How to Stop Them — Part Two There are 55 National Heritage Areas across the country,...

BY ROBERT F. BEAUDINE Let’s Make Our Culture Great Again! – Lesson 2 Every word you add to your vocabulary increases your awareness. If you’ve never heard...

BY TOM DEWEESE The Threat of National Heritage Areas and How to Stop Them — Part One Proposals for new National Heritage Areas (NHA) are raising...

NEAL MCCLUSKEY, CATO INSTITUTE If you forced two hungry people into an arena, especially who already disliked each other, and told them only he who...

BY MARK W. HENDRICKSON Generations of Americans have grown up hearing that America always has championed democracy and opposed illiberal ideologies such as fascism, socialism, and communism. But if...

LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL Joseph Story declares in his Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, "the precepts of the law rest on...

BY MARK W. HENDRICKSON In watching President Joe Biden’s initiatives to curb Americans’ access to oil and natural gas, I thought of the late Yogi...

BY MARK W. HENDRICKSON What is noteworthy about the depressing title to this article is its source. In a case of uncommon candor, President Biden’s economic...

RANDAL O'TOOLE, CATO INSTITUTE Americans drove nearly 96 percent as many miles in May 2021 as in the same month in 2019, indicating a return to normalcy. Transit...

BY ROBERT F. BEAUDINE Let's Make Our Culture Great Again! - Lesson 1 Have you ever read a philosophy book or one of the classics of...

BY JOHN A. SPARKS Sharonell Fulton had fostered 40 children over a 25-year period through Catholic Social Services (CSS), a private agency which conducted “home...

BY BOB BARR California’s slide into a socialist wasteland is hardly news. What is somewhat surprising, or at least intriguing, are the depths of stupidity...

BY ROBERT F. BEAUDINE I’m a citizen philosopher and a citizen historian, which means I have not been trained by the Establishment. My formal training...

~We must stop wasting money on tokamak fusion, and use if for programs with promise~ Robert Hirsch and Roger Bezdek The ultimate source of energy in...

RANDAL O'TOOLE, CATO INSTITUTE “More highway spending won’t rev up the economy,” argues a recent article in the Wall Street Journal. However, the article’s writer, David Harrison, seems...

JAMES THRASHER, THE INSTITUTE FOR FAITH & FREEDOM Upon arriving back from visiting my parents’ gravesite, many soul-searching thoughts have swirled in my mind. I...

BY PAUL DRIESSEN ~Totalitarian actions in the name of ‘climate change’ threaten wildlife, people and freedoms~ Environmental activism was already nasty and lethal when I wrote...

BY T.F. STERN Last Sunday I drove my clean and polished 1999 BMW Z-3 Coupe to church.  As I pulled into the parking lot a...

BY T.F. STERN There have been many discussions of late regarding the teaching of Critical Race Theory in classrooms across the country.  There are varied...