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How Slavery Doomed Limited Government in America
It made it impossible to limit the size and scope of the federal government. Conservatives need to recognize that.
by
Philip Klein
via
Washington Examiner
on
August 20, 2019
How the ‘Hamilton Effect’ Distorts the Founders
Too often, we look to history not to understand it, but to seek out confirmation for our preexisting beliefs. That’s a problem.
by
Mike Lee
via
Politico Magazine
on
May 30, 2017
Andy Jackson's Populism
It started with a hatred of crony capitalism.
by
Robert W. Merry
via
The American Conservative
on
May 3, 2017
That Government is Best...
Did Thomas Jefferson really believe, “That government is best which governs least?”
by
Eyler Robert Coates Sr.
via
The Jeffersonian Perspective
on
January 1, 1999
partner
A Nation Is a Living Thing
In the 1920s, many in the U.S. fought for a living Constitution. Plenty of others wanted it dead.
by
Michael D. Hattem
via
HNN
on
August 6, 2024
The End of Milton Friedman’s Reign
The Chicago school ruled supreme over economics—until recently.
by
Patrick Iber
via
The New Republic
on
November 13, 2023
The Pursuit of Happiness: New Approaches to the American Revolutionary Past
A new way to think about the American Revolution.
by
Kevin Diestelow
via
Journal of the History of Ideas Blog
on
June 28, 2021
How America Fractured Into Four Parts
People in the United States no longer agree on the nation’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. Is reconciliation possible?
by
George Packer
via
The Atlantic
on
June 8, 2021
‘Freedom’ Means Something Different to Liberals and Conservatives
How two competing definitions of the idea evolved over 250 years—and why they remain largely irreconcilable.
by
Annelien de Dijn
via
TIME
on
August 25, 2020
Conservative Ideology and the Environment
“Big money alone does not fully explain the Republican embrace of the gospel of more.”
by
Jonathan H. Adler
via
Regulation
on
June 1, 2020
partner
Governors Must Hold Firm on Stay-at-Home Orders
Weariness of strong government is a key American tradition. But equally important is the revolutionary idea that national governance should come from the states.
by
Liz Covart
via
Made By History
on
April 20, 2020
Amid a Revival of Anti-Monopoly Sentiment, a New Book Traces Its History
Matt Stoller charts the shifts in American attitudes toward corporate consolidation.
by
Kyle Sammin
via
National Review
on
October 15, 2019
How Slavery Shaped American Capitalism
The New York Times is right that slavery made a major contribution to capitalist development in the United States — just not in the way they imagine.
by
John Clegg
via
Jacobin
on
August 28, 2019
Grover Cleveland and the Democrats Who Saved Conservatism
They stood against Tammany Hall, the centralized presidency, and profligate spending. Today's Right should give them another look.
by
Daniel Bring
via
The American Conservative
on
August 28, 2019
partner
Rethinking the Construction of Ronald Reagan's Legacy
Conservatives created a rosy image of Reagan to further their political project.
by
Sarah Thomson
via
Made By History
on
August 12, 2019
What Two Crucial Words in the Constitution Actually Mean
I reviewed publications from the founding era, and discovered that “executive power” doesn’t imply what most scholars thought.
by
Julian Davis Mortenson
via
The Atlantic
on
June 2, 2019
168 Days: Recalling an Old-Fashioned Court Packing Drama
After months of political maneuvering, intrigue, backroom bargaining, and furious oratory, the fate of FDR's plan was clear.
by
Robert W. Merry
via
The American Conservative
on
March 27, 2019
The Supreme Court Is Headed Back to the 19th Century
The justices again appear poised to pursue a purely theoretical liberty at the expense of the lives of people of color.
by
Adam Serwer
via
The Atlantic
on
September 4, 2018
The Market Police
In neoliberalism, state power is needed to enforce market relations, but the site of that power must be hidden from politics.
by
J. W. Mason
via
Boston Review
on
June 1, 2018
Frederick Douglass Is No Libertarian
It’s the 200th anniversary of Frederick Douglass’s birth, and some on the right have been crashing the party.
by
Maurice S. Lee
via
Public Books
on
May 18, 2018
Standing Armies: The Constitutional Debate
Why did Alexander Hamilton and James Madison take up the cause of the very thing that revolutionaries had vehemently opposed?
by
Griffin Bovée
via
Journal of the American Revolution
on
May 8, 2018
original
How We Learned to Love the Bill the Rights
A new book argues that the fetishization of the first ten amendments is a recent thing – and that it comes at a cost.
by
Sara Mayeux
on
February 8, 2018
Little House, Small Government
How Laura Ingalls Wilder’s frontier vision of freedom and survival lives on in Trump’s America.
by
Vivian Gornick
via
The New Republic
on
November 16, 2017
partner
The Federal Agency That Few Americans Have Heard Of And Which We All Need To Know
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs wields enormous power and is key to President Trump's deregulatory agenda.
by
Leif Fredrickson
via
Made By History
on
September 28, 2017
partner
How the Fight Over Civil Forfeiture Lays Bare the Contradictions in Modern Conservatism
The brewing conflict between originalism and law-and-order politics.
by
Sarah A. Seo
via
Made By History
on
July 24, 2017
The Roots of Segregation
"The Color of Law" offers an indicting critique of the progressive agenda.
by
Carl Paulus
via
The American Conservative
on
May 5, 2017
The Debate Over Executive Orders Began With Teddy Roosevelt's Mad Passion for Conservation
Teddy used nearly 10 times as many executive orders as his predecessor. The repercussions are still felt today.
by
Lorraine Boissoneault
via
Smithsonian
on
April 17, 2017
How Medicare Both Salved and Scarred American Health Care
The 52-year-old federal program's successes reflect a complex legacy
by
Julian E. Zelizer
via
Zócalo Public Square
on
February 17, 2017
How Republicans Went From the Party of Lincoln to the Party of Trump, in 13 Maps
It's been a remarkable transformation over 162 years.
by
Andrew Prokop
via
Vox
on
July 20, 2016
How the Rivalry Between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton Changed History
Read an excerpt from TIME's special edition about Alexander Hamilton.
by
John Ferling
via
TIME
on
February 15, 2016
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