For several years now, I have been honored to be a member of a group known as the Philadelphia Society. The Society of leading conservative intellectuals was formed in 1964 in the wake of the…
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Magna Carta Remembered, Finally
A venerable enumeration of the rights of man is barely taught anymore, resulting in record low recognition of same. “I went to see the Magna Carta when it was on display a few years ago,”…
Choosing a republican President
Note: This is the first in a series of essays examining the prospects for electing a republican president in 2016 and ultimately reining in the modern imperial presidency through the lens of Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist…
ObamaCare pushes Americans to Part-Time Work
In a study conducted by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Casey Mulligan, an economics professor at the University of Chicago, found that ObamaCare will push Americans to part-time work. The study, entitled, “The…
Groups to Congress: No Taxpayer Funds for Biased, Politicized Middle East Studies
This morning several national organizations, including the Louis D. Brandeis Center, are issuing the following statement on reform of Middle East Studies programs, many of which have become highly politicized sources of anti-Israel propaganda: …
Bible and Prayer in Schools
Imagine an ancient record—by far the most published book in humanity—quoted by Shakespeare (1,200 times) and Abraham Lincoln—a book that has inspired political movements and religious reformations and has literally changed the world time and…
Chomsky & Chomsky: Apple & Tree
The old adage that the apple doesn’t fall very far from the tree seems to be playing out with a vengeance in the family of legendary left-wing academic Noam Chomsky. We’ve devoted considerable ink to…
Ignorance of Elite, Liberal Feminists
It is one thing to be ignorant of a law. There are so many out there that none of us can keep track of them all, including the lawyers. It is quite another matter to…
Fisher v. UT-Austin: Discrimination Run Amok?
The issue of affirmative action may soon find itself again before the Supreme Court of the United States. Court watchers will remember that it was just recently (a little more than a year ago) that…
Eric Holder’s Law Enforcement on Steroids
Controversies on American college campuses are becoming almost the norm now. And Eric Holder has inserted himself and the Obama White House right into the center of a debate regarding sexual assault on campus. Sexual…