U.S. History
9. The Invasion of Canada
Pages 46-52 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. From Part 1 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume IV: “The War Begins.”
4. The Seizure of Fort Ticonderoga
Pages 26-29 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. From Part 1 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume IV: “The War Begins.”
71. The Vermont Revolution: The Green Mountain Boys
Pages 340-349 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley.
7. The Battle of Bunker Hill
Pages 40-42 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. From Part 1 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume IV: “The War Begins.”
2. The Response in Britain
Pages 21-22 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. From Part 1 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume IV: “The War Begins.”
10. Paper Money Financing
Pages 53-55 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. From Part 1 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume IV: “The War Begins.”
5. The Response of the Continental Congress
Pages 30-33 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. From Part 1 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume IV: “The War Begins.”
The Goldwater Anomaly
The eloquence was chiefly the doing of Goldwater's speechwriter and principal adviser during the 1964 campaign, the journalist and political ghostwriter Karl Hess. As Hess tells it, Senator Goldwater really was a genuine classical liberal.
Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State, by Garry Wills
I did not anticipate writing a favorable review of a book by Garry Wills. He veered fairly early in his career from a quirky form of conservatism to a run-of-the mill leftism.