History

Ka‘ahumanu overthrew Hawaii's brutal religion. Tragically, that was not enough. The Hawaiian people, like all people, needed the insights of philosophy.

This little-known founder not only articulated the ideas of America's revolution, he was intimately involved in putting those ideas into practice.

November 9 and the opening of East German borders will forever mark a triumph for freedom and a reminder of the horrors of collectivism.

Ammous places Bitcoin in a broad historical context and makes a good case that it has the potential to be the next stage in the evolution of sound money.

Well-read intellectuals, Greek philosophy, and atheism are what made America great. So says Matthew Stewart.

Thousands of students who had been written off as “unteachable” were able to lead meaningful, productive lives because one woman refused to give up on them.

There is no story quite like that of Sequoyah, who almost single-handedly invented a written form for the language of the largest tribe in America.

Fearing that Germany might soon develop nuclear weapons, Einstein—a lifelong pacifist—urged FDR to aid similar efforts by U.S.-based scientists.

Why is there so much passion behind socialism? Consider the psychological and moral context that people bring to the question of which social system to support.

Today's spokesmen for identity politics are vague about the principles of their creed. Earlier advocates, however, were quite clear.