Archive for Charles H. Hamilton
Book Review: The State is Rolling Back: Essays in Persuasion by Arthur Seldon
E. & L. Books • 1994 • 326 pages • $15.00 Arthur Seldon is what Hayek has called a “professional secondhand dealer in ideas.” This is actually high praise and well deserved. For Hayek had in mind the intellectual in his role as an “intermediary in the spreading of ideas.” In a myriad of ways, [...]
1Sep1995 | Charles H. Hamilton | 0 comments | ContinuedMemoirs of a Simple Honorable Man
Mr. Hamilton is Director of Publications and a Program Officer at Liberty Fund. He is a former editor of The Freeman at FEE. Idon’t know if John Chamberlain ever reviewed Conrad Richter s A Simple Honorable Man, but he should have. No one who has ever met John can doubt that he embodies these rare [...]
1Nov1992 | Charles H. Hamilton | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: Beyond Liberal And Conservative by William S. Maddox and Stuart A. Lilie
(Cato Institute, 224 Second St., S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003), 1984 • 197 pages • $18.00 cloth Years ago, Albert Jay Nock decried “the managed glossary of politics.” It is still with us as terms like “conservative” and “liberal” are used almost exclusively to describe all manner of political attitude and philosophy. Adding a multitude of [...]
1Jun1985 | Charles H. Hamilton | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Freeman: The Early Years
This article is adapted from a chapter prepared for an extensive review of The American Conservative Press. This collection, edited by Ronald Lora and William Longton, is to be published by Greenwood Press. Mr. Hamilton founded and was president and editor-in-chief of Free Life Editions, an independent publishing house in New York [...]
1Dec1984 | Charles H. Hamilton | 0 comments | Continued-
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