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How the ‘Hamilton Effect’ Distorts the Founders
Too often, we look to history not to understand it, but to seek out confirmation for our preexisting beliefs. That’s a problem.
by
Mike Lee
via
Politico Magazine
on
May 30, 2017
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The Fallacy of Religious Freedom
When the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith ran for president, he wasn’t seeking further glory but a policy change in religious liberty.
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Tamarra Kemsley
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June 11, 2021
America Must Become a Democracy
The authors of the Constitution feared mass participation would unsettle government, but it’s the privileged minority that has proved destabilizing.
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David Frum
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The Atlantic
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February 15, 2021
When FDR Took On the Supreme Court
The standard narrative of Roosevelt's court-packing efforts casts them as a failure. But what if they were a success?
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John Fabian Witt
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The Nation
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June 27, 2023
How Government Devastated Minor League Baseball
And why stopping the subsidies can help bring it back.
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Matt Welch
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Reason
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October 10, 2021
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The Feminist History of “Child Allowances”
The Biden administration’s proposed “child allowances” draw on the feminist thought of Crystal Eastman, who advocated “motherhood endowments” 100 years ago.
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Lucie Levine
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JSTOR Daily
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May 12, 2021
‘America Is a Republic, Not a Democracy’ Is a Dangerous—And Wrong—Argument
Enabling sustained minority rule at the national level is not a feature of our constitutional design, but a perversion of it.
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George Thomas
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The Atlantic
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November 2, 2020
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How the Fight Over Civil Forfeiture Lays Bare the Contradictions in Modern Conservatism
The brewing conflict between originalism and law-and-order politics.
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Sarah A. Seo
via
Made By History
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July 24, 2017
The Voluntarism Fantasy
Conservatives dream of returning to a world where private charity fulfilled all public needs. But that world never existed, and we're better for it.
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Mike Konczal
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Democracy Journal
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March 17, 2014