Lawrence W. Reed

Thirty-two years ago this month—on March 23, 1992—Austrian economist, political philosopher, and Nobel laureate Friedrich August von Hayek passed away…

Many Americans owe their knowledge of Japanese samurai to filmmakers. Renowned for their discipline and courage, the samurai were the…

Isolation, feudalism, and military dictatorship governed the Asian nation of Japan from 1603 until 1868. Known as the period of…

Tucker Carlson’s recent, two-hour interview of Vladimir Putin generated massive attention around the world. Carlson deserves credit for the exclusive,…

Where does Valentine’s Day come from? A greeting card company or a candy company? Neither, but I’m sure it’s one…

Americans, Europeans, and Africans know a great deal about their own past but likely not much about the history of…

“It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.” – Robert E. Lee…

This week—January 26—marks Australia Day, special in the fabled “Land Down Under” for two reasons. First, it was on this…

In the Western world, we think of feudalism as predominant during the period from (roughly) the reign of Charlemagne to…

At Lincoln Hall in Washington, D.C. on January 14, 1879, a remarkable Native American delivered a speech in which he…