About Lawrence W. Reed

Lawrence W. Reed is president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan

Andrew Mellon: Hero of the 1920s

Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. The following article is excerpted from a speech delivered by the author in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Grove City College’s Institute for Faith & Freedom on June 6, 2023. The video … Continue reading

A Tribute to Hans F. Sennholz

Guest Commentary Great teachers leave lifelong impressions on the students they inspire. Their teachings become their students’ teachings, thereby spreading their influence in endless directions and across many generations. Hans F. Sennholz was such a man. The thousands who sat … Continue reading

The Sound of Freedom

This year, the nation of Austria celebrates the 60th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi occupation. With the Allied victory in May 1945, the German “Anschluss” that had dragooned Austrians into Hitler’s socialist Third Reich in 1938 passed into history, remembered only … Continue reading