Humans are resilient, adaptive and resourceful. When an obstacle is placed in our way, we remove it or circumvent it. When we lose something, we devise a substitute. When a door closes, we begin looking for a new opening. We’ve seen examples of this innovation and resilience throughout the pandemic lockdown. Manufacturers adapted their factories…
3LP: To Live and Let Live… and Thrive!
We need to start thinking bigger. Much bigger. The world has presented us with the best opportunity we have ever had to advance the causes of freedom, peace and civility. People are growing increasingly weary of the status quo and the endless struggle of groups wanting to coerce each other towards often worthy goals. They…
What Will You Do When Your World Crumbles?
Many of us fail to see the largest problems in life, especially when they are up close and in our face. While this is hard to believe, history shows us that this is simply the case time and time again. The old saying that, “The shoemaker’s kids go barefoot” could not be truer for most…
Not a Safe Space, Not an Echo Chamber: A Rollicking Good Time
By Marc Beauchamp Editor’s note: This is a reprise of the article Marc Beauchamp wrote after attending FreedomFest 2019. People ask me what I like about FreedomFest. Just got back from my fifth. I think “eclectic” is the word that sums it up best. Mark and Jo Ann Skousen and their team erect a big…
Dangerous Documentaries To Screen at Anthem and FreedomFest
The Capital Research Center is excited to attend our third FreedomFest! Through our Dangerous Documentaries film brand, we’ll be screening four of our films at the Anthem Film Festival and participating in 6 panels. We hope you can join us! And please visit us in booth # 406. Tuesday, July 14th, 3pm – Anthem/Milano –…
Election Integrity: Securing the Sanctity of the Ballot Box
FreedomWorks The way that 2020 has gone so far (we’re less than halfway through, believe it or not), it’s easy to forget that we have fewer than 150 days remaining until our next national election. The stakes surrounding election security could scarcely be higher. Gallup polling continues to show that a majority of Americans polled…
Retirement Accounts and the Business Cycle
Long before the days of the Virus Lock Down Quarantines and our current Socialist Revolution, economists spent almost 150 years attempting to understand, explain, and navigate what is commonly known today as the Business Cycle. The concepts of inflation and deflation are widely used among all disciplines of economic thought, including the Austrians, Monetarists, Keynesians,…
When They Want a New Normal and You Want to Scream
Everywhere we look for what seems like forever (has it really been only a couple of months??) we’re bombarded with the new words and phrases endlessly repeated in media and politics and subsequently adopted by the masses. “In this unprecedented time…” “Social distance…” “Stay Home, Stay Safe…” “Alone together…” And in my opinion, the worst—“New…
An Open Letter to All Freedom Lovers from John Galt
To all lovers of liberty, This letter is a call to action. These are the times that try men’s souls. Today you must ask yourself: Are we still the land of the free and the home of the brave, or are we a conquered nation controlled by opportunistic politicians and slanted journalists? Do we want…
Did We Just Break The World?
Sean W. Malone I’ve never called COVID-19 a “hoax” or thought that it was “just the flu.” I criticized the Erickson video, and I didn’t bother to watch Plandemic. But I’ve been publicly skeptical of most dire coronavirus predictions since the beginning. I’m also extremely concerned about panic-based policy overreactions. This has put me at…