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Wherever socialism has been enacted, it is women’s needs that have been forgotten first.

The birth of the modern American libertarian movement can arguably be traced to the work of three women...

How about that. Things are more complex than the ideologues would have us believe...

One - much underutilized - way in which we can get a sense of the improvements in our standard of living is to look at the number of hours an average employee needs to work in order to buy commonly used items. When cost is measured in terms of hours worked, almost everything in 2015 is “on sale” when compared to the same product in 1979.

When President George W. Bush imposed tariffs on imported steel ranging from 8-30% in 2002, the result was a net loss of 200,000 jobs.

Republicans’ desire to cut spending is sharp as a knife when they’re in the minority - but seems to disappear when the GOP runs Congress.

A very happy birthday to George Washington, the man who led the revolutionary army against the British Empire, established the American republic, served as the first president - and most importantly he stepped down from power.

The evidence is in. And it’s great news for kids in charter schools... Overall, public charter schools across eight major U.S. cities are 35% more cost-effective and produce a 53% higher return-on-investment than residentially assigned government schools. And, every single one of the cities examined exhibited a charter school productivity advantage over their district school counterparts.

A very happy 200th birthday to Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery and overcame massive hardships to become one of the greatest advocates for liberty in the 19th century...

What’s the most important libertarian accomplishment in history? The abolition of slavery.