Archive for Haven Bradford Gow

Beyond the Invisible Hand

Mr. Gow is a free-lance writer and English teacher who lives in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Ken Chang, manager of the 7-Eleven store in Mt. Prospect, Illinois, recently made a courageous decision that is costing him money. Because he has moral objections to gambling, he has removed his store’s lottery machine and no longer is selling [...]

1Oct1994 | | 0 comments | Continued

Perspective: The Founding Fathers & Equality

What is “equality”? What did the Founding Fathers mean by the phrase “all men arc created equal”? Any inquiry into the meaning of equality must include an examination of the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration begins with an appeal to “the laws of Nature and of Nature’s God,” and maintains that the proposition “all men [...]

1Jul1993 | | 1 comment | Continued

Book Review: Inside The Criminal Mind by Stanton Samenow

(Times Books, 130 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011), 1984 285 pages • $15.50 cloth President Ronald Reagan, in his address to the International Association of Chiefs of Police, pointed out that every 30 minutes in the United States at least one person is murdered, nine women are raped, 67 people are robbed, 97 are [...]

1Apr1985 | | 0 comments | Continued

Freedom and Authority, A delicate Balance

Mr. Gow is a freelance writer in Arlington Heights, Illinois. In his book Power, Adolph Berle discussed what he believed are five laws of power: (1) Power inevitably fills any vacuum in human organization, (2) Power is invariably personal, (3) Power is invariably based on a system of ideas or philosophy, (4) Power is exercised [...]

1Aug1981 | | 1 comment | Continued

Book Review: The Madisons: A Biography by Virginia Moore and The Great Rights of Mankind: a History of The American Bill of Rights by Bernard Schwartz

The Madisons: A Biography by Virginia Moore (McGraw-Hill, 1221 Ave. of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10020) 1979 • 568 pages • $15.00 cloth   The Great Rights of Mankind: a History of The American Bill of Rights by Bernard Schwartz (Oxford University Press, 200 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016) 1977 • 279 pages [...]

1Feb1980 | | 0 comments | Continued

Let’s Choose Socrates

A study of the views of T.S. Eliot as to a genuinely liberal education.

1Mar1977 | | 0 comments | Continued

Loving One’s Country

A call for revival of the spirit of religion and the spirit of the gentleman.

1Mar1973 | | 0 comments | Continued

Freedom: Antidote to Political Power

Central to the survival of any society is a delicate balance between freedom and order, tradition and change.

1Jul1971 | | 0 comments | Continued

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