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• Utopian New Left Just Like Old Left

  Posted December 25th, 2009 at 11:30am in American Leadership, First Principles with 15 comments

  How did the European left rationalize communism’s crimes and transform itself into a viable political force after the fall of the Soviet Union? It’s all explained in “Last Exit to Utopia: The Survival of Socialism in a Post-Soviet Era.” First published in 2000, the book by the late French intellectual Jean-Francois Revel is only now available [...] More

• We Still Hold These Truths: Stemming the Tide of Progressivism

  Posted December 9th, 2009 at 3:59pm in First Principles with 6 comments

  This is the final video on Matt Spalding’s new book, We Still Hold These Truths. The battle against Progressivism is not lost, counsels Spalding. Properly educating our children to know and appreciate both the founding principles of America and the importance of the free enterprise system are two ways to combat the growing threat to personal [...] More

• We Still Hold These Truths: The Rise of the Czar State Impedes Liberty

  Posted December 8th, 2009 at 10:02am in First Principles with 0 comments

  This is the third in a four part series. Matthew Spalding’s new book, We Still Hold These Truths, examines the timeless principles and practical wisdom that have been the source of America’s monumental success. In this video segment Spalding details how the rise of Czars in American government – unelected bureaucrats with great regulatory power - pose [...] More

• We Still Hold These Truths: The Progressive Assault on America

  Posted November 19th, 2009 at 12:26pm in First Principles with 11 comments

  This is the second of a four part series. Matthew Spalding’s new book, We Still Hold These Truths, examines the timeless principles and practical wisdom that have been the source of America’s monumental success. In this video segment Spalding discusses the progressive assault on the Founders’ principles that began more than a century ago and that continues—indeed, [...] More

• We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering America’s Founding

  Posted November 10th, 2009 at 11:45am in First Principles with 11 comments

  This is the first of a five part series. In the midst of frenzied efforts to remake our nation—of endless government initiatives involved in virtually every aspect of our daily lives—Americans are increasingly concerned: How did we get so far off track? And how can we get America back on course? Matthew Spalding answers these questions [...] More

• Stimulus Killing Renewable Energy Industry

  Posted July 8th, 2009 at 2:51pm in Enterprise and Free Markets with 7 comments

  Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that investment in renewable energies, and the green jobs that go with it, is being stifled by the stimulus. How? No one knows where, when, or if the stimulus money from Washington will arrive, sowing uncertainty among investors and businesses alike: New incentive programs haven’t yet been defined, and uncertainty about program [...] More

• Morning Bell: The Left’s Assault on the Declaration of Independence

  Posted July 3rd, 2009 at 9:01am in First Principles with 57 comments

  There has been a lot of change in recent months – a $787 billion spending bill, a budget exceeding $3 trillion, government ownership of auto manufacturers, government-imposed caps on earnings, legislation imposing limits on economic activity in America under the name of environmental justice. It is increasingly difficult for conservatives to sustain any audacity of [...] More

• The Meaning of America

  Posted July 2nd, 2009 at 2:12pm in First Principles with 2 comments

  The Fourth of July presents the occasion not only to celebrate our great country, but also to reflect upon its meaning. The division between today’s liberals and conservatives is not irreducible to policy differences. It is indicative of a deeper debate about the meaning of America. Such debates are not new. Calvin Coolidge, our 30th president, often celebrated [...] More

• ‘Independence Forever’

  Posted July 3rd, 2008 at 11:26am in First Principles with 9 comments

  The 4th of July is no ordinary holiday. As we travel and spend time with our families this weekend, we must take a few moments to reflect on the meaning of our Declaration of Independence, and its ongoing significance in light of our nation’s current struggles. The resolution to declare independence from Great Britain was actually [...] More