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Thomas Jefferson

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America 250

On America's 250th Birthday, the United States Arms the World's Tyrannies

On a Fourth of July, John Quincy Adams warned against the foreign policy that his successors would later adopt.

Matthew Petti | 7.4.2026 7:30 AM

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History

Disillusioned Revolutionaries: Many Founders Died in Despair About the American Experiment

America's Founders helped create a world they were not yet ready to live in.

Matt Welch | 6.13.2026 6:00 AM

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Politics

1776 All-Stars: Why Thomas Jefferson Is the Most Fascinating Founder

The author of the Declaration of Independence may have written "the greatest sentence ever."

Ronald Bailey | 6.11.2026 6:00 AM

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Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights Day: How Your Rights Keep Authoritarianism in Check

The document remains remarkably resilient, even as Republicans and Democrats keep launching assaults on liberty.

J.D. Tuccille | 12.8.2025 7:00 AM

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Freedom

Federal Safety Regulators Say 43 Percent of Tested Fireworks Are Illegal. God Bless America.

Fireworks consumption is at record levels even as fireworks injuries fall.

Christian Britschgi | 7.3.2023 10:00 AM

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Economics

Meet the Students Pushing Back Against Socialism

"It's very easy for politicians to legislate freedom away," says Northwood University's Kristin Tokarev. "But it's incredibly hard to get back."

John Stossel | 3.8.2023 4:05 PM

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Immigration

Free Immigration Is a Core American Value

Just consider the policies that the Founding Fathers embraced.

Fiona Harrigan | 2.20.2023 3:21 PM

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American Revolution

Immigration and the Principles of the Declaration of Independence

The principles of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution justify free migration rights.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.4.2021 11:10 AM

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Election 2016

A Walt Whitman Poem for Election 2016

...good or ill humanity-welcoming the darker odds, the dross: - Foams and ferments the wine? it serves to purify...

Ronald Bailey | 11.8.2016 5:15 PM

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Thomas Jefferson

Revisiting the U.S. Constitution

Why should libertarians celebrate the blueprint that made powerful government possible?

Sheldon Richman | 1.24.2016 8:30 AM

Politics

Michael Shaw on Crafting the President's Image

Todd Krainin | 5.12.2014 11:12 AM

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Politics

Forgetting Jefferson

The long decline of the decentralist political tradition

John McClaughry | 4.24.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

Pushing Back Against Food Nudges

Should libertarian paternalists in government nudge you to make "better" food choices?

Baylen Linnekin | 8.17.2013 9:00 AM

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Politics

A Not-So-Happy Fourth of July

How can we celebrate the degradation of liberty?

Andrew Napolitano | 7.4.2013 7:00 AM

Politics

Guns and the Government

The country is ablaze with debate about guns, and the government is determined to do something.

Andrew Napolitano | 1.17.2013 7:00 AM

Politics

George Washington Would Beat Out Romney as Richest President; John Kerry Would Have, Too

Emily Ekins | 1.25.2012 6:30 PM

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