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DOGE Exposes Waste and Constitutional Drift

1 month ago | spectator.org | Lawrence Reed |John Hendrickson

President Donald Trump in his first address to Congress highlighted some of the wasteful spending targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE under Elon Musk is tasked with eliminating waste, ending fraud, identifying harmful regulations, and holding the bureaucracy accountable.
DOGE and Joe Dodge

Jan 10, 2025 | fee.org | Lawrence Reed

The stark numbers documenting Washington’s shameful profligacy should petrify anyone concerned about financial sanity and America’s future. The shortfall between revenues and spending in the most recent fiscal year exceeded $1.8 trillion, a sum larger than the entire federal budget in Ronald Reagan’s first year as president. Interest on the national debt now consumes more taxpayer dollars than national defense.
Equality: Good or Evil?

Dec 7, 2024 | informeorwell.com | Lawrence Reed

Memorize the following line, teach it to your children, and shout it from the rooftops every chance you get. It’s one of the most important truths you’ll ever learn or teach: Free people are not equal, and equal people are not free. Your first reaction might be, “I thought equality was supposed to be a wonderful thing, something we should all strive for, but this sounds like a rejection of it.”As the old saying goes, the devil is in the details.
Albert Gallatin and the Free Trade Convention of 1831

Oct 17, 2024 | fee.org | Lawrence Reed

Author’s Note: This is the third of three essays about America’s longest-serving Treasury Secretary, Albert Gallatin (here are Part 1 and Part 2). All three are dedicated to my good friends, the Eddy Family of Spicewood, Texas—faithful supporters of FEE and direct descendants of the great man himself, Albert Gallatin. In the year 1831, Albert Gallatin celebrated his 70th birthday.
Do You Know the Ten Cannots?

Sep 10, 2024 | fee.org | Lawrence Reed

“That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.”There’s a lot of valuable and timeless wisdom in that one sentence! Its author was William J. H. Boetcker, who died at 89 in 1962. Born in Germany, he emigrated to America as a young man, became an ordained Presbyterian minister, and gained a national reputation as a superb public speaker.
Two Polish Heroes Every American Should Know

Aug 28, 2024 | catalyst.independent.org | Lawrence Reed

As a sixth grader some 60 years ago, I learned that two Polish heroes played prominent roles in the struggle to secure American independence from Great Britain—Casimir Pulaski and Thaddeus Kosciuszko. What they did for America left a deep impression on me and began a lifelong appreciation for Poland and things Polish.
Two Polish Heroes Every American Should Know

Aug 20, 2024 | fee.org | Lawrence Reed

As a sixth grader some 60 years ago, I learned that two Polish heroes played prominent roles in the struggle to secure American independence from Great Britain—Casimir Pulaski and Thaddeus Kosciuszko. What they did for America left a deep impression on me and began a lifelong appreciation for Poland and things Polish.
‘The Impatient Libertarian’: A New Book from ‘The Man’ Down Under

Aug 13, 2024 | fee.org | Lawrence Reed

Ron Manners has done much for the cause of liberty over his life. In his new book, he reflects on some of his most significant influences, including FEE founder Leonard Read. On a day in the early 1950s, serendipity, if not Providence itself, scored a hit in Kalgoorlie, Australia.
The Man Who Ended the Tyranny of Sparta

Jul 28, 2024 | fee.org | Lawrence Reed

The ancient Roman orator and statesman Cicero labeled him “the foremost man of Greece.” Cornelius Nepos, a biographer and contemporary of Cicero’s, regarded him as “incorruptible.” The 16th-century French Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne judged him “one of the three worthiest and most excellent men” in all of history. This man was a warrior-philosopher, a revolutionary, an ascetic, a statesman and diplomat, a liberator, and a military genius.
16 Things Individuals Can Do to Help Bring America Together

Jul 5, 2024 | americafirstreport.com | Lawrence Reed

Watch The JD Rucker Show every day to be truly informed. (FEE)—Americans are angry and divided—perhaps more than at any time since the Civil War. Holding strong opinions, especially in defense of truth, is no vice. But failing to bridge our differences and resolve them peacefully is no virtue either. Here’s my “to do” list if you want to be part of the solution instead of the problem. Choose someone you disagree with and start a dialogue. Make friends even if neither of you changes your mind.