Literature

When Poland’s Greatest Poet Met James Fenimore Cooper—and the Passion for Liberty That United Them

Edgar Guest: Remembering ‘The People’s Poet’

The Assemblywomen: The Ancient Greek Play That Mercilessly (and Hilariously) Mocked Socialism and Democracy

8 Times C.S. Lewis Displayed Brilliant Political Commentary in the Chronicles of Narnia

6 Books That Will Rewire Your Brain (in a Good Way)

Overused Orwell Analogies Shouldn’t Stop You From Reading 1984

Why This Harry Potter Villain Was Even Worse Than Voldemort

Frank Knight’s “Risk, Uncertainty and Profit” 100 Years Later

Robin Hood, Dr. Christopher Syn, and the Real Economic Lesson of These Fictional English Outlaws

Why Hermann Hesse Saw ‘Willfulness’ as the Virtue Above All Others

Cancel Culture Is Undermining Learning and Harming Students like Me

How Ralph Waldo Emerson Influenced Leonard Read

Rose Wilder Lane: Pioneer of Educational Freedom

How Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead” Shows There’s More to Life Than Money

Handmaid’s Tale Author: Encouraging Writers to Get Political Is a Recipe for Authoritarianism

The Best Fantasy Has Roots in History

Summer in Chains: The Critical Literature at a Glance

Henry David Thoreau Knew that Freedom Is Love

Even Shakespeare Knew that Kicking Out Immigrants Harms Us All

Would You Choose King Henry V and War, or Falstaff and Peace?