Lawrence W. Reed

Leonard E. Read, FEE’s founder, was born 127 years ago today. In honor of this anniversary, we’re highlighting this tribute…

Sinologists speak of the “Four Great Inventions” of China. The infamous “one-child policy” is not one of them; that is…

The best-known female aviator (“aviatrix” in the parlance of bygone years) is undoubtedly Amelia Earhart. A record-setting pilot and the…

Every good founder nurtures his institution, especially in its earliest years, just as he would his own newborn child. Long…

Armed with weapons and a monopoly on the use of legal force, one man (or woman) can do a world…

For 4,000 years, from 2070 BC to 1911 AD, one imperial family after another ruled China. The longest period in…

After the Soviet Empire expired in the 1989–91 period, commentators worldwide revealed the autopsy results. The patient died of terminal…

“If tariffs are so bad for an economy,” asks a popular meme making the rounds these days, “then why do…

Ships of Britain’s massive Royal Navy, the largest in the world, inflicted great damage on American ports, property, and vessels…

On the morning of April 19, 1775, British troops marched into Lexington, Massachusetts, on their way to confiscate weapons in…