Merry Christmas, Montana!

By Lawrence Reed
12/16/2024
Montanans know that the spirit of the holiday should transcend a single day, December 25. As expressed by the reformed Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”

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Albert Gallatin, Renaissance Man

By Lawrence Reed
09/23/2024
"In his “spare” time, he spoke out against slavery and in favor of fiscal responsibility, free trade and individual liberty. Most people never accomplish a tenth of what Gallatin did in his 88 years."

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The Jews Of Montana

By Lawrence Reed
06/18/2024
"All of us should be proud of what Nicky Winton did to save so many, and proud of Montana’s Jewish heritage too."

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Doing Something About the Debt Bomb

By Lawrence Reed
04/23/2024
"It may be what Benjamin Franklin had in mind when he said the Founders gave the American people a republic, but only so long as we can muster the courage, integrity, and fiscal rectitude to keep it."

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Humans Are Snowflakes

By Lawrence Reed
03/26/2024
"We flourish to the extent we are each free to build on our uniqueness, to make our own choices, so long as we do no harm to the equal rights of others."

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Black History Month In Montana

By Lawrence Reed
02/19/2024
"He did not believe in segregating history by race, but rather, he dreamed of seamlessly incorporating the relevant history of all peoples into a unified discipline."

TAGS: Frontier History

Indians, Property Rights, and Ayn Rand

By Lawrence Reed
11/20/2023
In 1876, when rejecting the demand to move his people to a reservation, Chief Joseph said, “I claim a right to live on my land and accord you the privilege to return to yours.” To me, that sounds like a man who understands private property.

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New Survey: The State of Educational Opportunity in Montana

Frontier Institute partnered with 50CAN and Edge Research on a new survey about the state of education opportunity in Montana. This survey provides a unique window into what parents understand to be the strengths and weaknesses of Montana’s education system, and how those views compare to parents across our region and across the country. Here...

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