Category — For The Record

Blogger/Historian Anna The Imp, from across the pond, has a great article on the complexities of the British position on America's Civil War.   Read the rest of this entry »

Senate Bill 679 is another really bad idea at best. At worst it's another intentional power grab to subvert the power of the Senate and place still more in the hands of the worst president in our lifetimes. Either way it's a dangerous usurpation of the power of the Senate to check the power of the Executive.   Read the rest of this entry »

Author Michael Prell was kind enough to share some of his time with WWTFT and answer a few questions about his new book, Underdogma.   Read the rest of this entry »

Politicians seem to be universally repugnant creatures, regardless of party. Whether it's President Obama and his pernicious distaste for the truth, or it is the lack of character evinced by the Republicans in Congress, neither group seems to care about anything beyond getting re-elected.   Read the rest of this entry »

Jay Sexton, author of the new book, The Monroe Doctrine: Empire and Nation in 19th Century America, was kind enough to submit to an interview by WWTFT. This Kansas-raised author now finds himself teaching across the pond at Oxford!   Read the rest of this entry »

It's interesting what you find out when you follow the trail of an old document. A humble private in the the Revolutionary war ends up with a surprising link to George Washington.   Read the rest of this entry »

Imagine a welfare program without legions of bureaucrats making rules and ordering people's lives. Imagine a program that draws on citizens' voluntary generosity and the opportunity to do well by doing good. No imagination necessary. It happened in 1781.   Read the rest of this entry »

An interview with Marc Leepson, author of Lafayette, Lessons in Leadership From The Idealist General.   Read the rest of this entry »

Who are we as a people? What do we believe in? Societies which fail to transmit their core beliefs to the next generation can expect those beliefs to erode, sometimes by design, sometimes by default or by carelessness. Standards not reinforced whither away. Liberty, independence and equality under the law give way to less demanding ideals.   Read the rest of this entry »

Cato letter Nos. 59-60 argue that man’s freedom is given by God, and that all men are equal in His sight. Men, having been given free will, are not virtuous by nature and, acknowledging their imperfections, create governments so that they may live in safety and harmony together. In the American Republic, the Founders said, that being the case, all men must likewise be equal under the laws government creates. However, governments, being creations of men, are also imperfect. Cato prescribes a way to keep government from exceeding its mandate and trampling on the liberties of the governed.   Read the rest of this entry »