Hailed as “the Oxford English Dictionary of American constitutional history,” the print edition of The Founders’ Constitution has proved since its publication in 1986 to be an invaluable aid to all those seeking a deeper understanding of one of our nation’s most important legal documents. In this unique anthology, Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner [...]
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The Political Issue of the Year
by Burt Folsom on December 28, 2011 What has been the political issue of 2011? Class Warfare. The idea that politicians can tax the rich and then give that confiscated wealth to the middle class and poor, in order to win elections with the votes of those receiving the federal funds. Certainly that idea is [...]
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The Unity and Beauty of the Declaration and the Constitution, Part 3
An Interview with Larry P. Arnn Published in Imprimis: December 2011 – A Publication of Hillsdale College This is the final installment of an interview of Dr. Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, which is adapted from an interview by Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution for his show “Uncommon Knowledge.” The interview took [...]
The Unity and Beauty of the Declaration and the Constitution, Part 2
An Interview with Larry P. Arnn Published in Imprimis: December 2011 – A Publication of Hillsdale College This is a continuation of an interview of Dr. Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, which is adapted from an interview by Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution for his show “Uncommon Knowledge.” The interview took place [...]
The Unity and Beauty of the Declaration and the Constitution, Part 1
An Interview with Larry P. Arnn Published in Imprimis: December 2011 – A Publication of Hillsdale College The following is adapted from an interview by Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution for his show “Uncommon Knowledge.” The interview took place on October 3, 2011, at Hillsdale College, and it can be viewed in full at [...]
Locke Would Argue that “Never Can Consent Abolish Certain Primary Natural Rights”
This was first posted on For Freedom’s Sake on February 12, 2009 and deserves attention again. Since it is indisputable, that our great country was founded on the principles of rights granted by God, the right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” and a limited government which as John Locke would argue, receives [...]
Putting Bureaucracy First: Rachel Maddow’s Progressivism People Second.
“Bureaucratic dominance does not merely lower material living standards or reduce profit opportunities. It crushes lives and dreams.”
People Can Be Suckers On A Grand Scale
Just getting into a new book, “Climate: The Counter Consensus, A Palaeoclimatologist Speaks” written by Professor Robert M. Carter. I am posting a quote from the book by historian Paul Johnson which sets the stage for what I think will be a great read: The idea that human beings have changed and are changing the [...]
“Occupy Wall Street Crowd Blind to Benefits of Capitalism”
By Gary Wolfram William Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy Hillsdale College Whenever I watch media coverage of another Occupy Wall Street event I am reminded of an exchange between Jewish protesters in the 1979 Monte Python movie Life of Brian. One of the protesters asks another what the Romans have brought to the [...]
