By Kyle Roberts Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration of Independence read “life, liberty, and property.” However, property was edited out at the suggestion of Ben Franklin because of its implications towards slavery. The pursuit of happiness replaced it and has become the commonplace recitation. This unfortunate expediency edit has played a significant role in [...]
By Oliver DeMille I wrote in an earlier review of several recent articles and books on “the end of men.” Such writings sparked a lot of discussion on the national scene, mostly among women. Men, it seems, aren’t paying much attention to such things. Where men do take exception to the predictions and statistics about [...]
By Oliver DeMille Read Part 1 Here But I do not believe that either the modern or the Shakespearean mindsets will influence our future as much as that from and even earlier age — the era of Virgil. I am convinced that Virgil’s understanding of freedom eclipses both of these others. Virgil witnessed Rome losing [...]
This is part 1 of a 2-part article. Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is often cited by people trying to see where America is on the long path of her place in history. Certainly the detail of Gibbon’s work is full of specifics and nuance. But another [...]
This is part-2 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here We are unable to overcome these and many of our deepest challenges because of the way we distribute leadership in our society. The American founders envisioned a truly great educational system, built around schools in every locale, to train their youth in the great [...]
This is part 4 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Thus far, I have proposed a specific solution to a specific problem. This trend towards federalism, and the opportunity it provides jurists and scholars to empower mediating entities gives me hope [...]
Click Here to Download a PDF of this Article This is part 3 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Note, in contrast [to conservative populism], that liberal populism typically follows a different path. Movements such as Abolition, Feminism, Civil Rights and Environmentalism build and build until they are legislated. [...]
This is part 3 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Generations Independents are the latch-key generation grown up. Raised by themselves, with input from peers, they are skeptical of parents’ (conservative) overtures of care after years of emotional distance. They are unmoved by parents’ (liberal) emotional insecurity and constant [...]
This is part 2 of a 3-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 3 Here It may seem oxymoronic to say that pragmatic Independents have ideals, but they are actually as driven as conservatives and liberals. Independents want government, markets and society to work, and to work well. They don’t believe in utopia, but [...]
This is part 1 of a 3-part article. Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here The rise of Independents isn’t an accident. It is the natural result of both major parties emphasizing politics over principle and ideology over pragmatism. A third reason for the rise of Independents is the widespread loss of blind faith [...]
