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

Americans owe a debt of gratitude to many great men, including some unknown to us. Nicholas Dungan introduces Albert Gallatin, who served the nation in Congress, as Secretary of State, as diplomat par excellence, linguist, and ethnologist; a man more than qualified to be called "great.'

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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.

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"Ideas have consequences," Richard Weaver wrote some 70 years ago in his book urging a return to the transcendental values of Western Civilization. Especially consequential are the ideas in the preamble of the Declaration, as this essay reminds us.

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

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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.

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Money isn't everything, as you'll see if you read this article taken from the Niles Register! This puzzle and attendant clues is courtesy of Matthew (14). It contains a few anagrams to keep things interesting.

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The most recent double issue of the Claremont Review of Books contains an interesting essay by Richard Samuelson entitled Jefferson, Adams, and the American Future. It is adapted from a lecture by the author about these two unlikely friends.

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In Federalist No. 19, Madison and Hamilton provide another history lesson to their readers. While No. 18 focused on ancient Grecian republics, this essay deals with more contemporary examples, namely that of the Germanic states and the Swiss cantons.

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Mastermind by Richard Miniter is far more than the story of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSH). This new book is a concise history of terrorism from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing through the September 11, 2001 attacks to the present day.

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This is a rare departure for us at WWTFT, but our editorial board (me) has decided that we're going to bend the rules this time. This post has absolutely nothing to do with the history of the American revolution! As it so happened both Marcia and I went to see the new movie Atlas Shrugged. We hope you enjoy our reviews.

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