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Anti-federalist Robert Yates (under the pseudonym Brutus) argues against the constitution, foreseeing many of the expansions of federal power. To the Citizens of the State of New York, The first ...

A libertarian world won’t eliminate all poverty, but it offers powerful tools for greatly reducing it, and improving the lives of the poorest and least privileged. The stereotypes of libertarian ...

Hoskins and O’Driscoll explore the role of property rights in economic development ...

Herbert Hoover, the thirty-first President of the United States, who occupied the White House from 1929 to 1933, generally falls near the bottom of presidential rankings. However, his position in ...

Nick Wilson compares the political, social, and moral thought of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois. Booker T. Washington was born into slavery in 1856. He published his autobiography, Up from ...

Mussolini attempted to remake the Italian mind, taking a personal interest in applying the twin tools of censorship and propaganda. The unique totalitarian project of Italian Fascism reposed on a ...

How a group of veterans restored democracy to a small town. “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty” is a quote commonly, and incorrectly, attributed to Thomas Jefferson. It was, in fact, never ...

Andrew Jackson conflated his own will with the will of the people, and ran roughshod over the Constitution’s constraints on his power in pursuit of goals that were often contemptible. Editor’s Note ...

Early anarchist thinkers blurred the line between socialist and capitalist. Libertarians’ interest in anarchism is complicated by anarchism’s historic association with the radical left. Read more ...

Johnson’s actions in Southeast Asia are undoubtedly the most notorious aspect of his presidency, both in popular memory and mainstream histories. Editor’s Note “Everything Wrong with the Presidents” ...

“All the Countries near the Sea side, which the King of Dahome could possibly get at, are not only conquered, but also turned into Desolation.” Book I: Containing an Account of the Destruction of the ...