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The Stamp Act Crisis: The First Defense of Freedom in America
By J. Patrick Mullins
The American Revolution was, in essence, the American people’s defense of their right not to be deprived of their property without their consent. The Stamp Act Crisis was the first battle in that defense.
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The Businessman's Self-Defense Kit
By Nicholas Provenzo
Understanding how the principle of individual rights applies to our economic relationships is the first step in defending our right to the fruits of our productivity.
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The Moral Basis of Capitalism
By Robert W. Tracinski
Capitalism is the only moral social system because it is the only system that respects the freedom of the producers to think and the right of the individual to set his own goals and pursue his own happiness.
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The Moral and the Practical
By Robert W. Tracinski
Capitalism is practical for the same reasons that make it moral: respect for the mind and values of the individual.
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The Businessman vs. the Saint
Businessmen create the things that make life good, yet it's the altruists who receive the laurels.
By Nicholas Provenzo
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Production vs. Force 
By Robert W. Tracinski
The difference between a businessman's power and the government's power: one wields the power of production, the other the power of the gun.
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America's Accommodation of Evil
By Alexander Maher
Yasser Arafat is a terrorist, the Palestinian Authority is a terror-sponsoring organization, and both should be destroyed without qualification.
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