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Best Books on the Folly of Socialism: What Everyone Should Know About the Practical and Moral Failures of the Socialist Project
Williamson M. Evers | Feb. 18, 2020
Commentary
Our Spanish Civil War?
Our Spanish Civil War? Deep and brutal strife in 1930s Spain was a prelude to the barbarity of World War II. Now with the war in Ukraine, we’re reminded that the veneer of civilization is very thin.
Victor Davis Hanson | Apr. 26, 2022
Religion, Science, Freedom
Religion, Science, Freedom: Reason, Morality and the Delusion of Naturalism
David J. Theroux | Apr. 18, 2022
The 1619 Project Unrepentantly Pushes Junk History
The 1619 Project
Unrepentantly Pushes Junk History: Nikole Hannah-Jones’ new book sidesteps scholarly critics while quietly deleting previous factual errors.
Phillip W. Magness | Apr. 8, 2022
The Nihilism of the Left
The Nihilism of the Left: In pursuit of its utopian omelet, the Left cares little about the millions of middle-class Americans it must break to make it.
Victor Davis Hanson | Apr. 6, 2022
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Where Have All the Capitalists Gone? Essays in Moral Political Economy
By Richard M. Salsman
Reviewed By Edward W. Younkins
Where Have All the Capitalists Gone? Essays in Moral Political Economy
By Richard M. Salsman
Reviewed By Edward W. Younkins
Socialism as a Secular Creed: A Modern Global History
By Andrei Znamenski
Reviewed By Paul Dragos Aligica
Socialism as a Secular Creed: A Modern Global History
By Andrei Znamenski
Reviewed By Paul Dragos Aligica
Was Jesus a Socialist? Why This Question Is Being Asked Again, and ...
Lawrence W. Reed
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples
Was Jesus a Socialist? Why This Question Is Being Asked Again, and Why the Answer Is Almost Always Wrong
Lawrence W. Reed
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What Is the Great Reset?
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The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms: The Second Amendment in the U.S. Bill ...
The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms: The Second Amendment in the U.S. Bill of Rights
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| Feb. 24, 2022
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The Collapse of Communism
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