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• Morning Bell: Giving Thanks for the Free Market

  Posted November 27th, 2009 at 5:28am in Enterprise and Free Markets, Family and Religion, First Principles with 3 comments

  As millions of Americans spend today fervently practicing commerce, we bring you these thoughts faith, property and prosperity which first ran last year on Thanksgiving. There is much talk these days of how conservatives need “new ideas” in these troubled economic times. And as we look at our nation’s troubled landscape, there is much work that [...] More

• Morning Bell: Giving Thanks for the Free Market

  Posted November 26th, 2008 at 8:43am in First Principles with 17 comments

  There is much talk these days of how conservatives need “new ideas” in these troubled economic times. And as we look at our nation’s troubled landscape, there is much work that needs to be done if we are going to return economic prosperity to the country. But as we sit down to celebrate Thanksgiving with [...] More

• Thankful for Our Piece of Pie

  Posted November 25th, 2008 at 7:11pm in Enterprise and Free Markets, First Principles with 0 comments

  He or she is at it again.  An electronic circular,  originating elsewhere at Heritage and signed only “A Conservative,”  marks Thanksgiving by recalling the Pilgrims’ fleeting flirtation with socialism 387 years ago — whilst establishing Plymouth Colony under William Bradford’s leadership. (“A Conservative”  last week e-circulated thoughts on how the Electoral College benefits an ungrateful electorate.)  Herewith the contents [...] More