All Posts Tagged With: "national greatness"
Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea
It has always been hard to pin down just what “conservatism” stands for, what with people of such widely divergent views as Barry Goldwater, Jerry Falwell, and both George Bushes described by that term. The relatively recent addition to the political lexicon of “neoconservatism” complicates matters further. What do “neocons” believe? Where do their ideas [...]
24Aug2011 | George C. Leef | 4 comments | ContinuedAmerica’s Greatness Requires War and Taxes?
New York Times columnist David Brooks thinks America is great but in trouble, and he wants to take steps to preserve American preeminence. He’s right, though not in the way he thinks. In his November 11, 2010, column Brooks argued that we need some sort of National Greatness Agenda; the problem is that his conception [...]
21Apr2011 | Aeon J. Skoble | 1 comment | ContinuedReturn to Greatness: How America Lost Its Sense of Purpose and What It Needs to Do to Recover It
Alan Wolfe is a professor of political science and the director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College. In the pages of his new book, Return to Greatness, we learn about one of the great disappointments and frustrations of his life: “An entire lifetime can pass–my adult lifetime actually–without [...]
10Jul2010 | Richard M. Ebeling | 0 comments | ContinuedFree Markets, the Rule of Law, and Classical Liberalism
The history of liberty and prosperity is inseparable from the practice of free enterprise and respect for the rule of law. Both are products of the spirit of classical liberalism. But a correct understanding of free enterprise, the rule of law, and liberalism (rightly understood) is greatly lacking in the world today. Historically, liberalism is [...]
1May2004 | Richard M. Ebeling | 1 comment | ContinuedIs Anyone Still for Limited Government?
Doug 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. The collapse of the supposed Republican Revolution has demonstrated the truth of George Wallace’s taunt three long decades ago: there ain’t a [...]
1Sep1998 | Doug Bandow | 2 comments | Continued-
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