Intellectual History has been debunked among some of America’s native born contributors. The most important intellectuals in America came here from Europe between the two World Wars
Category: American History
How a Constitutional Mistake drove Big Government and Progressivism
How this debacle occurred has to be one of the least known most important mistakes in American history!
Courts Should Support Trump’s Claims of Executive Privilege
The media are still giving prominence to the January 6, attack upon the Capitol. When the House of Representatives wrote articles of impeachment against then former President Trump, they were sent to the Senate. I thought perhaps the Senate would refuse to try the case against a president who was no longer in office, but instead it … Continue reading Courts Should Support Trump’s Claims of Executive Privilege
The Reality of Public Choice Economics and Government Waste
Economics deals with human actions. Adam Smith introduced the idea that the butcher does not depend for bread on his table as a gift from the baker. What Smith wanted to have understood is that the baker makes bread for the purpose of selling it to those who would buy it; likewise, the butcher and … Continue reading The Reality of Public Choice Economics and Government Waste
Americans Would have Eliminated Slavery before the Revolution, but for England’s Antipathy
The thesis of the 1619 Project is that all the white, male founders who signed the Declaration of Independence lied about the colonies grievances and falsely claimed to believe all men are created equal. Furthermore, the Constitution was written by mostly the same white, males as signed the Declaration, and its major purpose was to perpetuate slavery. … Continue reading Americans Would have Eliminated Slavery before the Revolution, but for England’s Antipathy
The 1619 Project is Nonsense, but not Benign
The 1619 Project published in the New York Times Magazine pretends to authenticity but gives history a bad name. It shows none of the attributes and scholarship of history. It is of a kind with bad science, which is to say, it is a fraud upon history. The author, Nikole Hannah-Jones, is a journalist, and based on her portion of … Continue reading The 1619 Project is Nonsense, but not Benign
Correcting Police Immunity -from-Prosecution in Civil Rights Abuses
Since 1871, the Civil Rights Act, U.S. Code 42, Section 1983 makes [police] officers [among others] liable for deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, …liable to the party injured in an action at law, Suit in Equity, or other proper proceeding for redress. This law is applicable in all … Continue reading Correcting Police Immunity -from-Prosecution in Civil Rights Abuses
The Women’s Movement: In Memoriam
It has been a century since the women gained the right to vote. Today, culture savants wish to have society believe the women’s movement is in its fourth wave. I am not the first to try naming the waves that came after the first, which stretched from 1776 to 1920. The wardens of culture would have the nation … Continue reading The Women’s Movement: In Memoriam
Women’s Associations and the Progressive Era
The period from 1870 through 1928 produced huge changes in population and in the number of women’s associations established to remediate poor social conditions. Up until 1870 America’s overall economy was still heavily agrarian. The value of cotton dwarfed the value of manufacturing. All of a sudden, Europeans and Chinese who might have balked at immigrating to America … Continue reading Women’s Associations and the Progressive Era
How “Democracy in America” Worked for Women’s Associations
Alexis deTocqueville writes of civic associations, such as religious, municipal and myriad other uses in Democracy in America as capturing the benefits of democracy. He distinguishes America from Europe and explains how associations complement democracy thusly, “Everywhere that, at the head of a new undertaking, you see the government in France and a great lord … Continue reading How “Democracy in America” Worked for Women’s Associations
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