1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (568+ words) You are probably familiar with the Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." Such was the course of life of the Marquis de Lafayette. As Americans, we are likely not to understand that the French nobleman's life involved far…...

2+ day, 57+ min ago   (285+ words) Valerie is Ideas Editor at The Dispatch, based in New York City. Prior to joining the company in 2025, she worked at The New York Times and NewsGuard Technologies, and she is currently a Novak Fellow through The Fund for American…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (861+ words) “Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell and George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.” — Patrick Henry The man of “Give me liberty or give me death!” fame…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (728+ words) I spent the past weekend as a participant in the annual Ron Paul Institute conference that takes place in the Washington area, in northern Virginia. This year the theme was “Front Row at the Revolution” and the circa 500 attendees that…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (212+ words) Even before I plunged into reading Korean Messiah—with its 550-odd pages of narrative text and another 150 pages of endnotes—I was riveted by a map at the very beginning of the book. It depicted Central Pyongyang in 1912, two years…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (808+ words) Obviously, any phenomenon as complex as the French Revolution is not the result of any single factor. But there are many important non-philosophical reasons why the French Revolution produced bloodshed on a level that eclipsed that of the American Revolution....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (842+ words) This essay is adapted from a lecture presented at Mises University, July 25, 2026. Another mistake occurs when modern libertarians attempt to rehabilitate the French Revolution to portray is as pro-freedom phenomenon. For example, in an essay titled “Thinking about the French…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1083+ words) “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their…...