Nock and Mencken on Democracy and Equality
The egalitarian society is pledged to common cultural values resulting in a rigorous homogeneity. Thus, a man who stands in contempt of the prevailing ideology has no rights under the law.
U.S. History
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Howard Buffett: Anticommunist and Anti-interventionist
Howard Buffet was one of Congress's most consistent and trenchant critics of American policy during the 1940s and 1950s. He opposed communism without surrendering to the calls for global war in Korea and worldwide.
Brett Venoitte on the Prussian Roots of US Education and Assessing Experts on the Coronavirus
Brett Venoitte explains how Horace Mann drew from authoritarian Prussian in designing public education in the US.
Review: American Bonds: How Credit Markets Shaped a Nation
Quinn’s American Bonds shows that the federal government’s credit policies were important factors behind the particular evolution of securitization and credit markets in the United States.
The Great Society: A Libertarian Critique
The Left has an enormous desire to "do good to" the mass of other people. But since many people often resist, the leftist inevitably ends by reaching for the big stick with which to push the ungrateful masses around.
Demolishing the Lincoln Myth, Yet Again
DiLorenzo demolishes the mythological view that Lincoln's primary motive for opposing secession in 1861 was his distaste for slavery.
Other Reasons to Remove Wilson’s Name at Princeton
There are at least four good reasons for removing Wilson’s name from Princeton buildings—racial bigotry, his embroiling the US in World War I, his founding of the Fed, and his enactment of the US income tax.
