In case you haven’t heard, education freedom is on the march in America. Parents are fed up with the status quo, they’re fighting back – and they’re winning. On Thursday, July 14, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos joined me at FreedomFest, where we discussed the unlimited potential that exists when parents are empowered to make…
Welcoming an Innovative, Decentralized Future for American Education
With the new school year starting in August in many parts of the country, it’s an exciting time for parents, educators, and learners. American families today have more education choices than ever before, and educators have many more career opportunities to explore. From the stunning expansion of state-level school choice policies that enable education dollars…
Reclaiming Free Speech in a Growing Culture of Censorship
Calls to shut down “misinformation” targeting the country’s most popular podcast, social media posts from an editor’s teenage years getting her fired from Teen Vogue, a Georgetown University law professor placed under investigation for a single tweet, legislators across the country attempting to ban entire academic subjects: These are just a few examples of the…
Sex Workers’ Freedom Impacts Us All
The reasons to decriminalize consensual adult sex work are numerous and compelling. They are based in evidence, in reason, and in the principles that those of us who value liberty, freedom, bodily autonomy, privacy, and choice hold dear. Proponents of the criminalization of consensual adult sex work perpetuate the harms that laws based in ideology,…
Four Secrets Wealth Advisors Should Know When Recommending DAFs
Individuals become wealth advisors for a host of reasons. For many, it’s the thrill of fortunes and building a life in a career that allows you oftentimes to be your captain. For others, it’s a profession that will enable the combination of education and sales within an industry with higher-than-average attrition rates, thus quenching their…
Empowering Freedom and Abundance in the Digital Age
Revive Freedom. Restore Truth. Rebuild America. At the core of Epik is our commitment to the principles that have made America a great leading nation for the cause of liberty, truth and a free society. These principles have been under attack more than ever by opposing, tyrannical forces within big tech, major media channels, corrupt…
ARE SAFE DOUBLE DIGIT INVESTMENT RETURNS STILL POSSIBLE?
Stock market returns over the past 15 years have been unprecedented, fueled by trillions of dollars in free money, courtesy of quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve. However, market conditions have changed, just as they did in 2007 and 2008. The effects of rising interest rates, high inflation, increased spending by government and the shutdown…
Sparking Critical Thinking and Constructive Dialogue
COVID-19 disrupted learning on a massive scale. According to McKinsey & Co: “Students testing in 2021 were about ten points behind in math and nine points behind in reading, compared with matched students in previous years.” Educators across the country are stepping up to close grade-level gaps in basic skills, while also grappling with students…
THE FREEDOM TO TALK FREELY: My Introduction to Braver Angels
In July, 2021, I attended FreedomFest for perhaps the 5th time, but my first time as speaker. As I wandered the FreedomFest exhibit hall floor, I found the Braver Angels booth. Remembering the famous Lincoln quote about “the better angels of our nature,” I was intrigued. They explained their mission: “to bring Americans together to…
Pursuing a Revival… in Gold
Gold has proven itself over 5,000 years as an unshakable store of value. Today, perhaps more than at any other time in the past few decades, gold’s role in a diversified portfolio of investments has never been more important. Bloated with once cheap debt and struggling against surging inflation, governments and individuals are in the…