The Slave Who Went to Montana

By Lawrence Reed

05/30/2023

"Every human possesses a natural right to be his own master, so long as he does not deny that same right to others. Most people take that truism for granted today but it wasn’t the governing rule of the past."

TAGS: Frontier History

A Copper King and the 17th Amendment

By Lawrence Reed

04/18/2023

"During the debate over the Amendment, an 1899 scandal involving Clark figured prominently."

TAGS: Frontier History

Montana, Ireland And The Cause Of Freedom

By Tanner Avery

03/16/2023

"It’s freedom, not the “luck of the Irish,” that explains Ireland’s remarkable economic success."

TAGS: Frontier History

Let’s Make Montana Look Like Ireland

By Lawrence Reed

03/15/2023

"Though fewer people today live in the Republic of Ireland than did almost two centuries ago, they’re busy teaching the world an important lesson: economic freedom works!"

TAGS: Frontier History

Montana’s Greatest Hollywood Actor

By Lawrence Reed

02/20/2023

"We remember Gary Cooper not because he was a run-of-the-mill actor but because he was uncommonly good—just like the heroes he played and the hero he was."

TAGS: Frontier History

The Treasure State’s First Presidential Election

By Lawrence Reed

01/31/2023

"He restrained spending and vetoed more bills than the previous 23 presidents combined."

TAGS: Frontier History

George Sutherland: A Model Justice

By Lawrence Reed

12/20/2022

"For the sake of our liberties, we could use more judges like him both in Montana and in Washington, D.C."

TAGS: Frontier History

A President Visits Montana

By Lawrence Reed

11/22/2022

"In 1923, the people of Butte appreciated a President who didn’t try to buy votes with other people’s money, who cut government spending and balanced the budget."

TAGS: Frontier History

Subsidies: Learning the Hard Way

By Lawrence Reed

10/18/2022

"What the government giveth, it can sooner or later taketh away. That’s a lesson that Granite learned the hard way."

TAGS: Frontier History

Wilson and the Hutterites

By Lawrence Reed

09/20/2022

"Opposition to religious persecution is one of this country’s most important founding principles."

TAGS: Frontier History

Montana’s Wheeler Helped Save America from Judicial Mischief

By Lawrence Reed

08/23/2022

"Americans can be thankful that the cynical effort to corrupt the Court in 1937 was defeated by principled legislators like Montana’s Burton K. Wheeler."

TAGS: Frontier History

The Frontier Entrepreneur

By Lawrence Reed

07/19/2022

"His name was John Bozeman. His short life is a tale of frontier entrepreneurship."

TAGS: Frontier History

Three Cheers to Arthur Guinness!

By Lawrence Reed

06/21/2022

"The founder’s personal popularity, more than two centuries since he died, is a testimony to the power of product over politics."

TAGS: Frontier History

The Michigan Lesson Montana May Have Learned

By Lawrence Reed

05/31/2022

"Even good governments are tempted to bend the rules, but we should all be glad when the rules are good and are there for a good reason."

TAGS: Frontier History, Montana Constitution

The Beloved Big Mouth from Butte

By Lawrence Reed

04/19/2022

"I believe in the Constitution, strength in national defense, limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility."

TAGS: Butte, Frontier History, Martha Raye