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August 16, 2013|10th Amendment, Accelerating Democracy, Angela Merkel, Islam and the West, Obamacare, War of 1812

Friday Roundup, August 16th

by Richard M. Reinsch II|

Can we Accelerate Democracy with new information technologies and more transparent rule following and accountability? John McGinnis thinks we can and he stopped by Liberty Law Talk to discuss these ideas. Did the War of 1812 reveal the failure of Jeffersonian ideology? Stephen Knott argues that it did in our feature review essay of a new anthology on the War of 1812. Can you incorporate the Tenth Amendment? After Printz, what would be the point? So, has Angela Merkel been reading her Pierre Manent? Islam and the West: An Interview with Robert Reilly Something new on healthcare from the National Research Initiative at AEI: "[E]stablishing…

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August 8, 2013|Angela Merkel, Autobahn 7, German infrastructure, Germany, Nord-Ostsee Kanal

Global Warming, Kaiser Wilhelm, and the D.C. Circuit (I)

by Michael S. Greve|

I’m going to ventilate, yet again and at the risk of further endangering the planet, over climate change—more precisely, the toll that the obsession has taken on our political institutions. Since everything is connected to everything else, I take the liberty of starting far afield—in Germany, and with a map:

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January 18, 2012|Angela Merkel, European Union, Germany, Italy, Poland, Radek Sikorski, shipwreck

EU Under Water

by Michael S. Greve|

The shipwreck off the Italian coast, Bret Stephens writes in the Wall Street Journal, is an apt metaphor for the entire continent. Read more to find out why.
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Book Reviews

A Mirror of the 20th-Century Congress

by Joseph Postell

Wright undermined the very basis of his local popularity—the decentralized nature of the House—by supporting reforms that gave power to the party leaders.

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The Graces of Flannery O'Connor

by Henry T. Edmondson III

O'Connor's correspondence is a goldmine of piercing insight and startling reflections on everything from literature to philosophy to raising peacocks.

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Liberty Classics

Rereading Politica in the Post-Liberal Moment

by Glenn A. Moots

Althusius offers a rich constitutionalism that empowers persons to thrive alongside one another in deliberate communities.

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James Fenimore Cooper and the American Experiment

by Melissa Matthes

In The American Democrat, James Fenimore Cooper defended democracy against both mob rule and majority tyranny.

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Podcasts

Stuck With Decadence

A discussion with Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat discusses with Richard Reinsch his new book The Decadent Society.

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Can the Postmodern Natural Law Remedy Our Failing Humanism?

A discussion with Graham McAleer

Graham McAleer discusses how postmodern natural law can help us think more coherently about human beings and our actions.

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Did the Civil Rights Constitution Distort American Politics?

A discussion with Christopher Caldwell

Christopher Caldwell discusses his new book, The Age of Entitlement.

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America, Land of Deformed Institutions

A discussion with Yuval Levin

Yuval Levin pinpoints that American alienation and anger emerges from our weak political, social, and religious institutions.

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