As some seem to want to tell it, when the nation was first formed, it was clear that the war could only be prosecuted successfully by a strong central government. Only with significant power of taxation to pay the soldiers fighting for our freedom, and the might to keep the …
Perhaps more important than those thrilling three words which precede it, “We the People”, are the four which follow, “of the United States.” This Constitution is forming a nation. Compare this with “the perpetual union between the states,” which the Articles of Confederation notes. A group of influential men gathered …
John Stossel writes an interesting piece on Ideas Have Sex…and We’re Better for It. He quotes Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist, who says “Ideas spread through trade. And when they meet, they can mate, and you can produce combinations of different ideas.” It would seem that this is precisely what makes …
I was reading a recent article by Phil Kerpen entitled ‘Occupy’ Movement Is Not What Democracy Looks Like. In the article Mr. Kerpen makes two major points. One is that democracy means free elections and culminates in representative democracy; the other is that the OWS movement is undemocratic, that it is about …
I know it’s no longer a new article (October 16, 2010), but I just read and want to comment around Jonathan Haidt’s What the Tea Partiers Really Want, from The Wall Street Journal. Karma is the word he thinks describes how tea partiers and conservatives view the world. “The law …
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