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Lord Acton: Libertarian Hero [Originally published April 4, 2006, at LewRockwell.com] “You would spare these criminals, for some mysterious reason. I would hang them higher than Haman, for reasons of quite obvious justice; still more, still higher, for the sake of historical science.”1 Thus ends a long passage of a letter from John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, First Lord Acton (1834–1902) in which appears his famous aphorism regarding power’s tendency to corrupt its possessor. In a few words to a fellow historian, who regarded his critic as the “most learned Englishman now alive,�...

Katie Couric has spoken out against former President Donald Trump.

Separation of powers and natural law, two ideas that predate even our own U.S. Constitution, survived the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and were confirmed by the Jan. 20 inauguration at the same building, a guest columnist writes.

The zero-emissions vehicle produced by a Bolton company Electric hearses are being offered to eco-conscious grieving relatives who want their loved-one's last journey to be as "green" as possible. The first battery-powered funeral car offered by a British company, which travels silently at the usual 20mph speed of processions, can cover more than 200 miles on a single charge. Produced by Coleman Milne, based in Bolton, the zero-emissions vehicle costs more than £150,000 and is based on a Tesla model. However, the so-called 'Wisper' hearse has been extended by almost three feet in length, the...