All Posts Tagged With: "George Washington"
The Times that Tried Men’s Economic Souls
Two hundred and thirty years ago this month in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, the brutal and storied winter of 1777–78 came to a long-awaited close. Nearly a quarter of George Washington’s Continental Army troops encamped there had died—victims of hunger, exposure, and disease. Almost every American knows that much, but few can tell you why Congress [...]
1Mar2008 | Lawrence W. Reed | 0 comments | ContinuedMadison’s Veto Sets a Precedent
Today, when a president looks at a spending bill that has passed Congress, he typically asks, “How will this help my party gain votes?” and “What interest groups will this bring to my side?” Sometimes, when modern presidents are more philosophical, they ask, “Will this spending help the economy, or advance the nation’s interests?” Our [...]
1Jan2008 | Burton W. Folsom Jr. | 2 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 | ContinuedBook Reviews – November 2006
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Our Presidents and the National Debt
Burton Folsom, Jr. is the Charles Kline Professor in History and Management at Hillsdale College. His book The Myth of the Robber Barons is in its fourth edition. During the last 75 years the United States has failed to balance its annual budget over 90 percent of the time. What’s worse, the government has spent money [...]
1Aug2006 | Burton W. Folsom Jr. | 44 comments | ContinuedEmpire Builders by Burton W. Folsom, Jr.
Rhodes & Easton • 1998 • 205 pages • $17.95 Continuing in the spirit of his earlier The Myth of the Robber Barons, historian Burton Folsom has written another engaging book about American entrepreneurs. Empire Builders is an excellent piece of research and writing, bringing to life a key period of American business history while [...]
1Mar1998 | George C. Leef | 0 comments | ContinuedA Sacred Union of Citizens: George Washington’s Farewell Address and the American Character by Matthew Spalding and Patrick Garrity
Rowman & Littlefield • 1996 • 217 pages • $27.95 Of all the Founders, George Washington is the most famous, but arguably the least well known. Washington’s life is well chronicled, but when it comes to his thought, he is largely a mythic figure. People carefully study the writings of Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, et al., [...]
1Nov1997 | George C. Leef | 0 comments | ContinuedLafayette: Hero of Two Worlds
The freedom fighter Marquis de Lafayette changed history. He helped defeat the British at Yorktown, winning American independence. In France, he helped topple two kings and an emperor. Jean-Antoine Houdon, the great eighteenth-century sculptor who created busts of many great heroes, dubbed Lafayette “the apostle and defender of liberty in the two worlds.”
1Sep1997 | Jim Powell | 1 comment | ContinuedJohn Jacob Astor and the Fur Trade: Testing the Role of Government
For readers interested in learning more about Astor and McKenney, the author recommends John Denis Haeger, John Jacob Astor: Business and Finance in the Early Republic (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1991); and Herman J. Viola, Thomas L. McKenney: Architect of America’s Early Indian Policy, 1816-1830 (Chicago: Swallow Press, 1974). What was the first industry [...]
1Jun1997 | Burton W. Folsom Jr. | 2 comments | ContinuedThe Judgment of History
Mr. Bandow, a nationally syndicated columnist, is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author and editor of several books, including Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World. President Bill Clinton has run for public office for the last time. No longer subject to judgment by the voters, he is [...]
1Apr1997 | Doug Bandow | 0 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 | ContinuedReligion In American Life
A layman re-examines and appraises the meaning of two vital facets of the traditional American way of life Since our subject is religion and its place in American life, we must start with these questions: What is religion? What is American life? There are many concepts of each, with wide divergences of meaning and emphasis. [...]
1May1955 | Ben Moreell | 0 comments | Continued-
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