All Posts Tagged With: "Theodore Roosevelt"
Teddy Roosevelt and the Progressive Vision of History
Over a hundred years ago, on August 31, 1910, Teddy Roosevelt gave his famous “New Nationalism” speech in Osawatomie, Kansas. In that speech the former president projected his vision for how the federal government could regulate the American economy. He defended the government’s expansion during his presidency and suggested new ways that it could promote [...]
22Sep2010 | Burton W. Folsom Jr. | 8 comments | ContinuedTheodore Roosevelt, Big-Government Man
Theodore Roosevelt has been known as “the Good Roosevelt,” “the Republican Roosevelt,” and “the conservative Roosevelt,” as distinguished from his fifth cousin Franklin, who’s credited with ushering in modern American big government. Yet promoters of big government have long recognized TR as one of their own. Biographer Frank Freidel wrote that “While at Groton [Franklin [...]
24Feb2010 | Jim Powell | 7 comments | ContinuedLanguage, Loyalty, and Liberty
The equanimity with which Americans have watched their freedoms flee puzzles many of us, but perhaps I’ve solved the mystery: they’re too busy worrying about the English language instead. They fear its imminent expiration, however exaggerated reports of that death may be. Some blame rap music, text-messaging, or state-enforced “education” for English’s demise; many fault [...]
1Oct2008 | Becky Akers | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Reviews – October 2007
- Cannibal Island: Death in a Siberian Gulag
by Nicolas Werth Reviewed by Richard M. Ebeling
- Unwarranted Intrusions: The Case Against Government Intervention in the Marketplace
by Martin Fridson Reviewed by Robert Batemarco
- Bully Boy: The Truth About Theodore Roosevelt’s Legacy
by Jim Powell Reviewed by John V. Denson
- Great Philanthropic Mistakes
by Martin Morse Wooster Reviewed by George C. Leef
1Oct2007 | George C. Leef | 0 comments | Continued
How Wall Street Created a Nation: J. P. Morgan, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Panama Canal
When traveling from the Atlantic Ocean entrance of the Panama Canal to the canal’s exit into the Pacific Ocean at its other end, what direction are you going? Most Americans would respond, “That’s easy. It’s east to west.” But they would be wrong. Check a map. The shape of the Isthmus of Panama and the [...]
1Oct2002 | Lawrence W. Reed | 0 comments | ContinuedThe End of Liberty
Stephan Gohmann is a professor of economics at the University of Louisville. Have you checked the coins in your pocket lately? If you see a shiny coin with the image of a man on a galloping horse, be advised that it’s not an arcade token but a real U.S. quarter dollar. This new coin is [...]
1Nov1999 | Stephan F. Gohmann | 1 comment | 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 | Continued-
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