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• Mary Seacole: The British-Jamaican Nurse Who Served Thousands of British Troops During the Crimean War—on Her Own Dime
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  Lawrence W. Reed | Wednesday, March 29, 2023

  Her repeated offers to the British government’s ungrateful war bureaucracy were all declined.

  But she didn’t let that stop her. 

• How the Free Market Handles Monopoly
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  Peter Jacobsen | Wednesday, March 8, 2023

  Many worry that monopolies will run rampant without regulation. The market process, however, illustrates a different story. And while banning monopolies via anti-trust law may sound good, the actual practice amounts to fighting fire with fire.

• Governments Are Using Drones to Spy on Americans. Here’s How People Are Fighting Back
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  Patrick Carroll | Wednesday, November 16, 2022

  How would you feel if a government drone flew over your five-acre property—without a warrant—looking for zoning infractions?

  Todd and Heather Maxon know the feeling all too well.

• The US Invasion of Mexico That Didn’t Happen—and the Danger of Spreading Liberty by the Sword
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  Jon Miltimore | Monday, February 28, 2022

  “Now for Mexico,” said U.S. Grant, following Robert E. Lee’s surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Courthouse.

• Poll: Americans Oppose Amy Klobuchar’s Assault on Big Tech
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  Hannah Cox | Friday, January 28, 2022

  The only actual, ongoing monopoly Americans face is the government itself, which we have no choice to opt-out of and which we are forced to give our money to. The idea that this entity is going to come in and save us from big business is frankly laughable.

• The Flaw in Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying’s Proposal for the Future of Humanity
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  Saul Zimet | Friday, December 10, 2021

  Humanity’s obsession with unsustainable levels of economic growth will lead to our extinction, Weinstein and Heying argue.

  But they leave out one fundamental economic truth.

• WSJ: Biden Plan’s $3.5 Trillion Price Tag is Actually a Huge Underestimate
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  Brad Polumbo | Saturday, September 25, 2021

  “Democrats are grasping for ways to finance their cradle-to-grave welfare state, with the left demanding what they claim is $3.5 trillion over 10 years,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The truth is that even that gargantuan number hides the real cost of their plans.”

• Remembering Paul Harvey’s Optimism, Wisdom, and Common Sense
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  Lawrence W. Reed | Saturday, September 4, 2021

  Paul Harvey was born on this day in 1918—two years prior to the airing of the world’s first commercial radio broadcast, a medium that would be his life’s passion from his teenage years on.

• The Senate Just Approved a Spending Plan 5x the Size of FDR’s New Deal
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  Brad Polumbo | Saturday, August 14, 2021

  From making community college “free” to pushing more Americans onto the government’s healthcare rolls, the Democrats have some ambitious plans.

  Ambitious, and expensive.

• Why the Threat to Free Speech Suddenly Looks Much Bigger
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  Adam Johnston | Saturday, July 24, 2021

  When governments and private businesses begin to act in concert and move in lockstep, we risk bringing George Orwell’s 1984 into reality. There’s a name for this, a term we’ve heard screamed from the rooftops throughout Donald Trump’s tenure in politics.