All Posts Tagged With: "Constitutional Convention"
Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution
This book is a well-executed account of the Constitutional Convention, clearly the fruit of many years of scholarly work. It will doubtlessly and quite deservedly come to be seen as one of the best nationalist accounts of the origins of the Constitution. (And since nationalist accounts hold American historical writing under military occupation, the book’s [...]
22Dec2010 | Joseph R. Stromberg | 2 comments | ContinuedBook Reviews – 2008/5
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution by Kevin R. C. Gutzman Regnery • 2007 • 258 pages • $19.95 paperback Reviewed by J. H. Huebert Conservative commentators often tell us that if only we would get back to the Constitution as it was understood, say, 100 years ago, all would be well with our [...]
1May2008 | George C. Leef | 0 comments | ContinuedLee’s Legion of Lessons
The state is a harsh taskmaster with a taste for eating its own. A man may devote much of his life to its violence only to find himself on the receiving end one day. The Bible warns that “all those who take up the sword perish by the sword.” Yet distressing numbers of folks try [...]
1Sep2007 | Becky Akers | 1 comment | ContinuedChosen Words Have Meaning
To the Editor: I have enjoyed and appreciated Wendy McElroy’s articles in the Ideas on Liberty for quite some time, but I must take issue with her fundamental premise in “Constitutional Intentions” (June 2000). Let me quote the first paragraph in order to refer more clearly to it: “A question frequently arises in disputes about [...]
1Sep2000 | FEE Admin | 0 comments | ContinuedConstitutional Intentions
A question frequently arises in disputes about how to interpret the U.S. Constitution: What was the intention of those who framed the document? This question contains an invalid assumption. It assumes that those who drafted the Constitution at the 1787 convention and those involved in the subsequent debates were of one mind and intent. In [...]
1Jun2000 | Wendy McElroy | 2 comments | ContinuedFederal Government Growth Before the New Deal
Professor Holcombe teaches economics at Florida State University. Popular opinion holds that most of the credit (or blame) for the incredible growth of the federal government should go to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal. While Roosevelt certainly was a willing participant in that process, the federal government began its amazingly rapid growth [...]
1Sep1997 | Randall G. Holcombe | 0 comments | ContinuedBenjamin Franklin: The Man Who Invented the American Dream
Benjamin Franklin pioneered the spirit of self-help in America. With less than three years of formal schooling, he taught himself almost everything he knew. He took the initiative of learning French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. He taught himself how to play the guitar, violin, and harp. He made himself an influential author and editor. He started a successful printing business, newspaper, and magazine. He developed a network of printing partnerships throughout the American colonies.
1Apr1997 | Jim Powell | 8 comments | ContinuedFounding Father: Rediscovering George Washington
Dr. Carson, a contributing editor of The Freeman, has written and taught extensively, specializing in American intellectual history. America in Gridlock, 1985-1995, the sixth volume in his Basic History of the United States, will be published later this year. Near the close of this book, the author quotes John Marshall speaking to the House of [...]
1Sep1996 | Clarence B. Carson | 0 comments | ContinuedA Reviewers Notebook
The late Charles A. Beard was a complex and often contradictory character. While he did not invent the “economic interpretation” of history, he gave it its first great impetus in America by writing his An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. That was back in 1913, the lyric year when social change [...]
1Aug1956 | John Chamberlain | 0 comments | Continued-
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