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Edmund Burke, Anita Hill, and the Common Core

March 23, 2014 | Filed under: Commentary

Anita Hill is in the news again. A documentary has been released of her life before, during, and after her 1991 congressional testimony during the hearings on Clarence Thomas’ appointment to the Supreme Court. Our conversation has changed over the past 23 years since Anita Hill leveled charges of sexual …

Adrionna Harris and the Ajax Dilemma

March 23, 2014 | Filed under: Commentary

Adrionna Harris, a sixth-grade student, came across a student at her school who was cutting his arm. She intervened, took the razor from the student and threw it away, then reported the incident to school authorities. For which action she was suspended and recommended for expulsion for violating the school’s …

Our Heroes From the Past Have Let Us Down

March 16, 2014 | Filed under: Commentary

George Kennan “laments the decline of people ‘of British origin, from whose forefathers the constitutional structure and political ideals of the early America once emerged.’” So quotes Fareed Zakaria in the New York Times Book Review from The Kennan Diaries, himself lamenting Kennan’s racism. “Americans are destined to ‘melt into …

The Reign in Ukraine

February 23, 2014 | Filed under: Commentary

The Ukrainian government has fallen apart, the president has fled, and the parliament has taken on the responsibility of governing. What gives them that right? Parliament voted on Friday to oust President Viktor Yanukovych, who then appeared on TV and branded the events a coup and refused to step down. …

What Riles the Left Like Abortion and Gay Marriage Riles the Right?

February 23, 2014 | Filed under: Commentary

The Supreme Court will decide in the Hobby Lobby case whether a business can be released from adherence to the law based on the religious convictions of its owner. The governor of Arizona will sign or veto a law which gives businesses the right to discriminate against gay individuals if …

Group Animosity and America’s Melting Pot

January 13, 2014 | Filed under: Commentary

They tell a joke on the Russian mindset. Every night Boris prays before going to bed, “God, it’s not fair that Ivan has a goat and I don’t.” One night, Boris hears a booming voice from above, “Boris, I have granted your wish.” Boris replies, “You’ve killed Ivan’s goat!?” There’s …

Hobby Lobby, Duck Dynasty, and Natural Law

December 21, 2013 | Filed under: Commentary

Hobby Lobby is a privately-held corporation owned by David Green, who founded it in 1972 and operates it according to biblical principles. He attends the Council Road Baptist Church in Bethany, Oklahoma. The Southern Baptist Church opposes abortion, stating that “all human life is a sacred gift from our sovereign God and therefore … all …

The Four Most Important Clauses in the Constitution

September 14, 2013 | Filed under: Commentary

The four most important clauses in the Constitution are: Preamble: “We the People of the United States …” Article 5: “shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified …: Ninth Amendment: “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed …

Does the Modern State Require Strong Government?

September 19, 2012 | Filed under: Commentary

I’ve been reading Mark David Ledbetter, America’s Forgotten History, Part 1: Foundations. He makes a reasoned case for a libertarian view of the benefits of weak government in a more strict adherence to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers. He discusses the efficacy of the state militias in winning the Revolutionary …

Democracy and Capitalism in Adam Smith’s Mutual Sympathy and Sociability

August 15, 2012 | Filed under: Commentary

I continue to slowly wend my way through Adam Smith, both The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations, with the help of James R. Otteson (Adam Smith’s Marketplace of Life) and Ryan Patrick Hanley (Adam Smith and the Character of Virtue). I’m finding it fascinating that Adam Smith’s views on …

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