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Repeal the Seventeenth Amendment
Every once in a blue moon, someone in Congress (usually Congressman Ron Paul of Texas) proposes a law or resolution…
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The ‘Will of the People’
Like so many urban newspapers, the Baltimore Sun is essentially the propaganda arm of the state Democratic Party. And since…
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Original Sins
Some very silly books have been written about the history of the Republican Party (and the Democratic Party). They tend…
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Abolitionist Defends the South
In the ongoing debate and discourse over the War to Prevent Southern Independence, quite a few libertarians will admit that…
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Get Real!
The feature article of the June 2004 issue of “The Insider,” published by The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., is…
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The Last Liberty President
After the War to Prevent Southern Independence and the assassination of Lincoln, the federal government was said to possess a…
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Getting Fat
Socialists of all stripes have long waged an ideological war against personal responsibility, for if it is true that adults…
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Anticapitalist Drivel
Two years ago, I was on a faculty committee to choose the one book that incoming freshmen would be asked…
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A Pebble In Your Shoe Demands Immediate Action!
You and I are in the middle of the greatest debate – and I believe possibly the greatest threat to…
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The Rousseau of the Right
Rousseau’s wish to free the current majority from all restrictions, to dissolve the people into a homogeneous mass, abolish decentralization,…
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The Blockian School of Journalism
After presenting a talk on Lincoln at Grove City College last February, I had breakfast the next morning with Professors…
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Champions of Nonsense
A friend from Hawaii who is well schooled in free-market economics recently sent me an example of Lincoln idolatry that…
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The Myth Of The Morally Superior Yankee
“Hillary Clinton is a museum-quality specimen of a Yankee — self-righteous, ruthless, self-aggrandizing.” ~ Clyde Wilson Being born and raised…
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The Unconstitutional Tax on American Exports
The January 2004 issue of North & South magazine features a debate on the topic, “Lincoln: Savior or Tyrant?” between…
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The Neocon Case for Imprisoning & Executing Congressional War Opponents
The neocon cabal is beginning to make the case for imprisoning — or possibly executing — members of Congress who…
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Making Cannon Fodder
In his book, Making Patriots, Walter Berns of the American Enterprise Institute argues that traditional American individualism, with its emphasis on…
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