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Stamp Act revisited
Before the Edenton Tea Party’s 1774 protest against the tax on tea, before the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence on May 20, 1775 (it’s on the North Carolina flag!), and before…
Slavery
system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work
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Trump seeks review of museums’ ‘woke’ content
Savannah Hulsey Pointer writes for the Epoch Times about a Trump administration focus on government-run museums. President Donald Trump has instructed legal experts to review “woke” installations in museums nationwide.…
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Florida Bashed for Teaching Material Featured in AP Class
Thomas McKenna writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the latest example of Democratic hypocrisy. An African American Studies course defended by Democrats teaches the same historical item Vice President…
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Women’s World Cup Should Remind Us of America’s Greatness
Tom Joyce writes for the Washington Examiner about lessons we should learn from the Women’s World Cup. Do you feel lucky to be an American? Those who live in the…
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Dr. Naomi Wolf: “Why vaccine passports equal slavery forever”
“The vaccine passport platform is the same platform as a social credit system” used in China to enslave people to the 360-degree surveillance of the government.
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Slavery didn’t end on June 19, 1865.
It continued in much of the world throughout the 19th century and into the 20th, and it continues in some places today: H/T: Nicholas A. Christakis
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Why the Federal Government Must Meddle in Agriculture
Where does this (1, 2) lead . . . ? The USDA is giving out loans for a wide range of agricultural endeavors. They are also trying to enroll farmers…
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Because Government Can Do What People Can’t
The impoverished state that can’t find enough resources to pay teachers has jingling money in its pockets burning a hole. It is therefore reaching out, begging people to put their…
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Oh, Yuck
I just received an announcement that members of Asheville City Council have been invited to attend a meeting to discuss how “Ferguson” will impact African-American youth here. The truth is,…
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Superb online course on the great economists
Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok of George Mason University have been adding to their Marginal Revolution University course offerings and here’s one that just caught my eye — The Great…
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To Rove
We all know the definition of socialism. And yet, at all levels, self-proclaimed “not socialist” government is forging public-private partnerships to further blur any distinction that may remain. Perhaps worse…
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Leftists weren’t the only opponents of slavery
In the letter below, Don Boudreaux reponds to an overly self-congratulatory book review wherein the author and reviewer think that attacking slavery was a great leftist success. Don points out…