All Posts Tagged With: "Magna Carta"
History for Sale: Why Not?
Sold!” cried the Sotheby’s auctioneer on the night of December 18, 2007, as one of history’s oldest political documents changed hands. It was Magna Carta, or rather a copy of it that dated to 1297. The buyer was not a government but an individual, a Washington lawyer named David Rubenstein. He paid $21.3 million for [...]
1May2008 | Lawrence W. Reed | 0 comments | ContinuedAn Earlier Response to Environmental Tyranny
Daniel Walker is a Tallahassee, Florida, attorney specializing in estate and inheritance planning, and is founder of the new Law & Liberty Foundation, Inc. There was a time when a government elite used its power to enforce draconian laws concerning wildlife and forests; when the common law was ignored; when special courts decided cases concerning [...]
1Apr1998 | Daniel F. Walker | 3 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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