Monday, March 30, 2015

The merits and demerits of Mel Bradford's understanding of the American Founding

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That's the topic of discussion in this short but interesting piece over at The Imaginative Conservative:   Mel Bradford and the Foundi...
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Sunday, March 29, 2015

How Christianity Invented Human Rights

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From Baylor's invaluable  Research on Religion  podcast series , hosted by Tony Gill of the University of Washington. What differenc...
Saturday, March 28, 2015

¡Viva el filibustero! ¡Viva gridlock!

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

A Madisonian defense of freedom of conscience

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That's provided by Ken Masugi over at the Liberty Law Blog:  The Conscience of a Madisonian Conservative . I'm more of a Hamiltoni...
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Monday, March 23, 2015

Ordered liberty & the political rhetoric of Alexander Hamilton

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A lengthy essay on that topic by one of the master historians of the American founding may be found here: The Rhetoric of Alexander Hamilt...
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Sunday, March 22, 2015

A libertarian argument in favor of religious liberty

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Euripedes over at Self-Evident Truths provides one in this short essay on the need to stand up for the rights of religious believers:   Why ...
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Friday, March 20, 2015

Indicting the Educational-Industrial Complex

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In an essay titled  " History Under Attack ," Princeton history prof Tony Grafton, former president of the American Historical Ass...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Burke, Lincoln & the Whig idea of reform

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Greg Weiner has an essay posted over at The Imaginative Conservative exploring the link in the thought between the two great Whig statesme...
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In honor of St. Patrick's day, a testament to the wisdom of the Celtic mind

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Brad Birzer provides just that in this article over at The American Conservative:   The Celtic Mind .  The Irishman Edmund Burke & the...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Rarely is the question asked: Is our children REALLY learning "Critical Thinking?"

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A fascinating problem  as limned by Justin P. McBrayer  in a recent NYT op-ed: THE STONE Why Our Children Don’t Think There Are Moral ...
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Monday, March 16, 2015

The fragmentation of the Enlightenment as explained by Gertrude Himmelfarb

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Just as there were multiple Christianities in play at the time of the American founding, so too within the Western world there were multiple...
Sunday, March 15, 2015

Bank of Grievances

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I have been a conservative all my life, and I can tell you it's nature, not nurture. I remember dutifully if half-heartedly supporting m...