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Thursday, November 27, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving to our American readers. Although Thanksgiving has its origins in Civil War-era government propaganda, the day has come to mean, for many, a celebration of domestic life and the freedom to enjoy the fruits of the market economy. We don’t have any complaints about that.

Unfortunately, when the long weekend is over, Americans will still have to return to the grim reality of our profligate national government in which neither major party has any interest in shrinking the size of the American state.

Ryan, Editor-in-Chief

Thanksgiving Is a Celebration of Free Enterprise

Kent Dillon

The first English settlers in America learned a hard lesson about socialist economics in the early years of their new colonies as they faced starvation. Once they embraced free enterprise, however, they had something to be thankful for.

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Why Commies Hate Your Thanksgiving Dinner

In 1923 Lenin released a propaganda pamphlet titled Down with the Private Kitchen.

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Thanksgiving Day

Americans do not need politicians telling us on which days we ought to be thankful.

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What Have the Inflation-Mongers Wrought?

With 3 percent inflation over 80 years, prices will increase over 10 times; a dollar will be worth nine cents.

A Real Ukraine Peace Plan

It is unimaginably cruel to demand that Ukraine keep fighting our proxy war down to the last Ukrainian.

California Thievin’

As usual, California policy may encourage productive residents to leave. Nevada may be freer relative to California, but it’s a low bar.

US Trade Deficits: Blame Nixon, Not China

America’s chronic trade deficits trace to Nixon’s 1971 gold exit.

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