by Martin
Although barely 100 pages, Robert Allison's new book, The American Revolution, A Concise History, is packed with interesting facts and observations about the birth of the United States. The author manages to pack quite a lot into this little book.
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by Martin
General Nathaniel Greene, like other patriots of the revolutionary period, saw beyond the current struggle to America's future in the world and understood how large the stakes really were. In his words, this nation, yet unborn, would be the safe haven of "freedom, truth and religion" for all mankind. His prescience was only exceeded by his courage.
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by James D. Best
The Boston Tea party was more than a protest over taxes. Nor was it just a prank perpetuated by a few rowdies dressed as Native Americans. On December 16, 1773, as many as 7,000 people congregated around the Old South Meeting House. John Adams did not like mob action, but he wrote this about dumping the tea: "There is a dignity, a majesty, a sublimity, in this last effort of the patriots that I greatly admire."
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by Martin and Marcia
Letters from the past illuminate an event in maritime history. The stamp on the envelope is our excuse for sharing it with you.
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by Michael Newton
WWTFT guest blogger Michael Newton takes a shot at the question of what the Founders would do in present circumstances of Egypt.
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by Martin
As readers of WWTFT know, Jon Bruning is the Attorney General for the state of Nebraska and recently announced his candidacy for the US Senate. He has also become a regular contributor at WWTFT. Given the recent ruling by Judge Vinson, we thought our readers might like to hear from Jon on the subject. With that in mind Jim and I asked him a few questions in a brief (but exclusive!) interview.
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by Martin
This week's puzzle continues our Thom Paine theme, this time with the opening paragraphs from his pamphlet Common Sense. We have also continued our foray into developing cryptic clue and thrown in a few corny puns too.
All that aside, it's Paine's writing that is what's notable here. We've included the portion from which the words were taken for the puzzle. It's worth reading even if you don't do the puzzle!
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by Martin
With everyone in the blogosphere talking about Judge Vinson's ruling on the constitutionality of the health care bill, we were initially going to opt out from chiming in. But, upon reading the ruling, we were amazed to see how much philosophical analysis (not just case law) went into the decision ... the majority of which asks a question which is near and dear to our hearts.
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by Martin
In this article we attempt to pull out some things to think about from Federalist No. 15. We ponder whether Hamilton may have gone overboard in correcting some of the defects he identified in the Articles of Confederation. There are also some timeless observations on foreign policy.
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by Martin
In Federalist No. 15 Hamilton makes further arguments about the utility of retaining the Union. What is more interesting, however, is his commentary on foreign policy.
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