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November 28, 2019|Alexander Hamilton, President, Proclamation for Thanksgiving, Thomas Jefferson

A National Thanksgiving: President Washington and America’s National Holiday

by Richard Samuelson|

The authority to proclaim a Thanksgiving might seem trivial to us.  But it is, in fact, fraught with meaning.

November 22, 2012|Abraham Lincoln, Arnold kling, Garett Jones, George Washington, Hadley Arkes, Proclamation for Thanksgiving, Richard Reinsch

Thanksgiving Roundup

by Richard M. Reinsch II|

A bondholder Thanksgiving: Garett Jones at Econ Log asks "When the federal government bought shares in the biggest banks, who benefited most: Shareholders or bondholders?  According to co-blogger Luigi Zingales and U Chicago professor Pietro Veronesi, the answer is clear: bondholders. They estimate the total benefit to banks at $131 billion . . . . The Fifth Annual  Rosenkranz Debate was held last Saturday during The Federalist Society’s 2012 National Lawyers Convention.  The topic was “Natural Law Should Inform Constitutional Law” The advocates were Prof. Hadley P. Arkes (Edward N. Ney Professor in American Institutions, Amherst College) and Judge Alex Kozinski (Chief Judge, U.S.…

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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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