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The Uncommon Ella Knowles Haskell
Praise for the “common man” is all too common in the world. It’s the “uncommon” man (or woman) for whom…
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Publius Rutilius Rufus: Rome’s ‘Last Honest Man’
Banished for debasing the currency from his home city in what is now north-central Turkey, Diogenes of Sinope chose to…
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The Caribbean Island That Saved Hundreds of Refugees From Hitler’s Holocaust, After the Major World Powers Balked
Three years ago, I fished for barracuda and mahi-mahi off Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic (see below). I want…
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Lessons From the Deadly European Heatwave of 2003, Two Decades Later
August has been a hot month here in Georgia and in many other states. The heat wave is roasting southeastern…
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The Monetary Mistakes Behind the Downfall of Cleopatra and the Last Dynasty of Ancient Egypt
When we think of ancient Egypt, most of us recall first its most famous and distinctive features: pyramids, pharaohs, and…
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Maui and Michigan: A Tale of Two Fires
You gotta love those Babylon Bee headlines. When the President blundered into Maui a few days ago, the Bee announced,…
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The Roman Emperor Who Tried to Bring Monetary ‘Reform’ to the Empire—and Failed Miserably
The terms “reform” and “reformer” conjure up positive, appealing impressions. It is widely assumed that to reform something is to…
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The Emperor Who Tried to Bring Sound Economics Back to Rome—and Paid With His Life
History records countless examples of currency debasement, i.e., the steady reduction in a money’s precious metal content or “backing” (principally…
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When Poland’s Greatest Poet Met James Fennimore Cooper—and the Passion for Liberty That United Them
Since 1904, an impressive column of granite and bronze, nearly 70 feet tall, has adorned the center of Lviv in…
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Australia’s Gold Standard Blunder Has Striking Parallels With the United States and the UK
From the center of the continental United States to the middle of Australia is 9,241 miles. It’s a little further…
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The Surprising Origins of the ‘No Taxation Without Representation!’ Slogan
Ask most Americans where the slogan “No taxation without representation!” came from and the likely response will be “American colonists…
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Wanted: Moral Courage
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare,” wrote Mark…
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Lincoln Steffens: The Muckraking Journalist Who Exposed Corruption in US Cities—but Was Seduced by Lenin’s Bloody Revolution
A century ago, the American journalist Lincoln Steffens visited the land of Lenin (the Soviet Union) and famously pronounced upon…
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Reviving the ‘Can-Do’ Spirit Is Key to Recovering from the COVID Years
“In life, your attitude determines your altitude,” a wise person once said. I agree. I’ve observed many people with bad…
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Winston Churchill’s Gold Standard Folly
Winston Churchill’s résumé was remarkable enough to earn him the title of Renaissance Man. Sandhurst-educated soldier, journalist, painter, historian, world…
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