Today's Politicos vs The Words and Deeds of The Founders

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William Nester’s book explores the roots of America’s unique political culture. Readers will understand why America is not like Greece or Iran.

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In his new book, Michael Newton uses a different lens with which to view the revolutionary generation. Through it the reader sees what may have been missed before.

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This is a brightly colored and aesthetically appealing book. It is based on the admirable premise that children should learn about America’s founding ideals.

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A letter in which Alexander Hamilton recalls some of the events of the Constitutional Convention, and defends himself against charges that he is a monarchist.

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Constitutional Illusions and Anchoring Truths is as advertized, as thought-provoking as it is a beguiling. Readers, however, are forewarned that while they will be greatly rewarded by what they learn, they also may be dismayed to find that those whose task it is to find the way to justice are sometimes in need of a moral compass.

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‘Compromise’ for its own sake sounds like a higher moral value, and we seem to hold it up as an example of civility and progress, but if evil is evil, and good is good, then isn’t a dilution of “good” for the sake of compromise, actually not a high moral value at all?

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If you read the financial press, you can almost hear the gurus scratching their heads. They study past business cycles and can’t understand why robust growth isn’t the order of the day. Since WWII, strong recoveries have always followed recessions. And the deeper the recession, the faster the climb back to prosperity. Considering the depth of our latest crash, we should be rip-roaring into the stratosphere by now. What’s going on?

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In Federalist 21, Hamilton covers three topics. The government under the Articles of Confederation was incapable of enforcing its own laws, neither could it offer any protection to States against usurpation of local power by malignant factions. Finally, advocates of a VAT tax might have a look at this Federalist essay. Hamilton argues that the only way for the Federal government to function is to give it the right to collect taxes directly from the people, largely (but not exclusively) in the form of consumption taxes. It is interesting to note that he does not preclude the collection of property taxes.

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A First Rate Madness is a book written for the layman, but contains an impressive bibliography and research notes. The author clearly intends to maintain his scholarly creds, while appealing to a broader audience. In this, he succeeds. In his thesis, not so much.

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