Everything Wrong with the Presidents
Everything Wrong with the Tyler Administration
John Tyler was the one person most responsible for squashing republicanism and establishing the empire.
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Tensions in Early American Political Thought
Liberalism and republicanism together made for a stronger worldview.
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Song That’s Driving Teachers Up the Wall
“Interviews with [high schoolers] indicate that the Pink Floyd song has struck a chord of anger and frustration with which many students strongly identify.”
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Constitutionalism
Constitutionalism binds the government to a pre-decided set of rules and is favored as a form of limiting government expansion.
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“A Latent Leaning Towards Texas:” Republicanism vs. Empire
“Let Texas go to Great Britain if she pleases. She has a right to be a slave in her own way.”
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How Well Do You Know Libertarian History?
Smith interrupts his usual series with a 30-question trivia quiz.
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Liberty at the Movies
David Boaz highlights movies with strong themes of liberty.
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Urban Planning
Libertarians support competition-based private planning of urban areas, rather than solutions that hinge on the government controlling property.
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How to Topple Tyrants: Gene Sharp and Tactical Nonviolence
A short profile of the ideas of Gene Sharp, the foremost scholar of nonviolent resistance.
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Hobson, “Serpent in Eden”
Carl Bode reviews Hobson’s Serpent in Eden.
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“A Mere Monopoly of Men:” A Slave Writes to Thomas Jefferson
“O! Thomas, you have had a long nap, and spent a great number of years in ease & plenty, upon our hard earned property.”
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The Influence of America on the Mind, Part III
Ingersoll concludes by examining religious liberty in America. He goes so far as to single out Catholics for their enormous contributions to American life.
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Nock, Albert Jay (1870-1945)
Albert Jay Nock was an influential writer who criticized political action and protested state interventionism at all levels.
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A Review of Culture and Liberty: The Writings of Isabel Paterson ed. Stephen Cox
Paterson’s prose is a joy to read, and her insights into human freedom have enduring relevance, writes Presley.
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You Are a Man And So Am I
Frederick Douglass argues that slavery “destroys the central principle of human responsibility” and violates the Constitution in three short essays.
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The Right to Property in Global Human Rights Law
Mchangama argues for the necessity of the right to own not just personal property, but all property, including the means of production.