All Posts Tagged With: "patriotism"
America’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 | ContinuedGive Up? Are You Kidding?
We should not squander a second feeling bad for ourselves. This is a moment when our true character, the stuff we’re really made of, will show itself. If we retreat, that would tell me we were never really worthy of the battle in the first place. But if we resolve to let these tough times build character and rally our dispirited friends to new levels of dedication, we will look back on this occasion someday with pride at how we handled it.
17Jun2009 | Lawrence W. Reed | 13 comments | ContinuedThe True Meaning of Patriotism
Patriotism these days is like Christmas—lots of people caught up in a festive atmosphere replete with lights and spectacles. We hear reminders about “the true meaning” of Christmas—and we may even mutter a few guilt-ridden words to that effect ourselves—but each of us spends more time and thought in parties, gift-giving, and the other paraphernalia [...]
1Jun2003 | Lawrence W. Reed | 26 comments | ContinuedAmerica’s Worst Enemy
I know a woman in her mid-80s who’s doing quite well for herself. She maintains a house and large yard, cooks for her grandkids, and enjoys her bridge club. Yet, given the way our culture works, it’s not unthinkable that Big Brother might someday send her a .38 for her birthday and invite her to [...]
1Mar2002 | George F. Smith | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Bad Old Days
Collectivism runs deeper in our society than we like to think. Several phenomena indicate this. One of them is the regular display of nostalgia for World War II, the latest of which was sparked by release of the movie Pearl Harbor. It’s understandable that people whose lives were disrupted by the war would get together [...]
1Sep2001 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Bathtub, Mencken, and War
Not a plumber fired a salute or hung out a flag. Not a governor proclaimed a day of prayer,” wrote H. L. Mencken on December 28, 1917, in the New York Evening Mail. The occasion for the iconoclastic journalist’s lament was “A Neglected Anniversary,” so titled because, as Mencken declared, America had neglected to celebrate [...]
1Sep1999 | Wendy McElroy | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Costs of War: America’s Pyrrhic Victories edited by John V. Denson
Transaction Publishers • 1997 • 450 pages • $44.95 cloth; $29.95 paperback Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and author of Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World. He formerly served as a special assistant to President Reagan. Advocates of limited government have long known that war and [...]
1Feb1999 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedFlags, Flames, and Property
Andrew Cohen teaches philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. A constitutional amendment that would forbid the desecration of American flags is again percolating in the nation’s capital. As of this writing, the immediate prospects for passage look bleak. But this amendment has a way of never fully going away. Many opponents of the [...]
1Jan1999 | Andrew I. Cohen | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Conquest of the United States by Spain
(Editor’s Note: One hundred years ago the United States went to war against Spain in its first full-blown imperialist adventure. As a result of the war, the United States gained control of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Cuba. The following year William Graham Sumner [1840–1910], the classical liberal sociologist at Yale University, published a [...]
1Dec1998 | William Graham Sumner | 0 comments | ContinuedService Muddles in Washington
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. For presidents and generals, the Cold War made military policy easy. The U.S. armed forces had to contain the Soviet Union; everything [...]
1Dec1998 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedCreative Apathy
One man’s bugaboo is another man’s delight. Consider this quotation: We don’t even care about Washington. Money is extracted from Silicon Valley and then wasted by Washington. I want to talk about people who create wealth and jobs. I don’t want to talk about unhealthy and unproductive people. If I don’t care enough about the [...]
1Aug1998 | Sheldon Richman | 1 comment | Continued-
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