Lawrence W. Reed

The terms “reform” and “reformer” conjure up positive, appealing impressions. It is widely assumed that to reform something is to…

History records countless examples of currency debasement, i.e., the steady reduction in a money’s precious metal content or “backing” (principally…

Since 1904, an impressive column of granite and bronze, nearly 70 feet tall, has adorned the center of Lviv in…

Mark Twain never cared much for politicians. A famous remark falsely attributed to him nonetheless stuck for decades because it…

According to an old joke from the socialist and frequently underfed Soviet Union, Stalin goes to a local wheat farm…

From the center of the continental United States to the middle of Australia is 9,241 miles. It’s a little further…

When the city council of Buffalo, New York, sent the mayor a measure to fund Fourth of July celebrations in…

Must matters of law and public policy be dull? Should they be the exclusive provinces of lawyers, legislators, lobbyists, economists,…

Ask most Americans where the slogan “No taxation without representation!” came from and the likely response will be “American colonists…

“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare,” wrote Mark…