All Posts Tagged With: "self-government"
The Constitutional Republicanism of John Taylor of Caroline
“Great power often corrupts virtue; it invariably renders vice more malignant . . . . In proportion as the powers of government increase, both its own character and that of the people becomes worse.” —John Taylor of Caroline, 1814 John Taylor of Caroline has a secure place in the history of American political thought. Charles [...]
1May2008 | Joseph R. Stromberg | 0 comments | ContinuedDemocracy Versus Liberty
If a foreign power took over the United States and dictated that American citizens surrender 40 percent of their income, required them to submit to tens of thousands of different commands (many of which were effectively kept secret from them), prohibited many of them from using their land, and denied many the chance to find [...]
1Aug2006 | James Bovard | 2 comments | ContinuedBook Reviews – August 2006
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Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WW II Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan
by A. C. Grayling
Reviewed by Richard M. Ebeling -
How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution
by Richard A. Epstein Reviewed
by George C. Leef -
Saving Our Environment from Washington
by David Schoenbrod Reviewed by Jane S. Shaw
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The Quotable Mises
Edited by Mark Thornton Reviewed by William H. Peterson
Beware Democracy without Liberty
A fundamental fallacy of our time is that democracy is the open-sesame to peace, freedom, and prosperity. The recent elections in Ukraine, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, and the promise of a contested presidential election in Egypt, are hailed as evidence of a new dawn for mankind. And, indeed, maybe they are. But democracy in itself [...]
1Apr2005 | Richard M. Ebeling | 0 comments | ContinuedSelf-Government and the Distinctive Character of American Civil Society
When America resisted British taxation, Parliament was amused. The Americans would get their comeuppance by force of arms because America had forsaken the law and order of the empire. As days moved to weeks, and weeks to months, the amusement changed to frustration and the frustration to shock. Edmund Burke explained why: We were confident, [...]
1Jul2001 | Hans Eicholz | 0 comments | ContinuedAfter Liberalism: Mass Democracy in the Managerial State
Americans have given up freedom and self-government for a mess of pottage. Modern “liberalism,” argues political science professor Paul Gottfried in his insightful new book, rests on a “patricide” of the older liberalism. Whereas liberalism and democracy were once opposed concepts, they are now conflated, to the great detriment of the former. Meanwhile, “democracy,” which [...]
1Oct2000 | Joseph R. Stromberg | 0 comments | ContinuedSelf-Government
The United States is often described as an experiment in self-government. But what is this thing? Most people understand “self-government” to mean democracy. According to this understanding, a people are self-governed if they regularly vote to select the individuals who are to occupy political offices. This method of deciding who holds political power has clear [...]
1Sep2000 | Donald J. Boudreaux | 5 comments | ContinuedBetween Power and Liberty: Economics and the Law edited by Richard M. Ebeling
Hillsdale College Press • 1998 • 169 pages • $9.95 paperback Philip Murray is an associate professor of economics at Webber College in Babson Park, Florida. Between Power and Liberty: Economics and the Law, is the publication of the 1997 Ludwig von Mises lectures at Hillsdale College. The book’s title comes from James Madison’s description [...]
1Feb1999 | Philip R. Murray | 0 comments | 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 | ContinuedReviving a Civil Society
“Taxes,” said Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., “are what we pay for civilized society.” But as my fellow Freeman columnist Mark Skousen explained in his remarkable monograph “Persuasion vs. Force,” a much better case can be made that taxation is actually the price we pay for the lack of civilization. If people took better care of [...]
1Sep1996 | Lawrence W. Reed | 0 comments | ContinuedGlobalism and Sovereignty: A Short History of the Bricker Amendment
Mr. Woods, an Intercollegiate Studies Institute Richard M. Weaver Fellow, is a doctoral candidate in history at Columbia University. Historically, conservatives and libertarians have always maintained a suspicion of supranational governing bodies. Their central fear has been that foreign bodies may serve to compromise self-government and American liberties in favor of egalitarian and universalist political [...]
1Apr1996 | Thomas E. Woods Jr. | 1 comment | ContinuedTo Find the Way Out
Mr. Henderson (1861-1941), teacher and lecturer, also wrote a number of books on education and morals. Seed time and harvest have followed in their appointed season, and Mother Earth has been as steady going as any conservative could wish. She has been a good neighbor. In the country we count it neighborly to mind your [...]
1Jul1956 | Hanford Henderson | 0 comments | Continued-
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