In Defense of Chief Justice Roberts
Zachary Crippen: A defeat for Republicans in the short run; a victory for conservatives in the long run. Zac CrippenZac,…
Mixed Government
Ted Kennedy and Mixed Government
I didn’t plan on writing anything today, but sometimes one just finds something worth sharing – especially when one reads…
Re: English Liberty and American Liberty (Part II)
Various traditions in subsequent American political history have rejected Tocqueville’s distinction. The Confederate states rejected it, arguing for an ideological…
Re: English Liberty and American Liberty (Part I)
Recent conversations here have dealt frequently with “big government,” and with a chic alternative to big government in both its FDR and Bush varieties, namely Front Porch Republic localism.
English Liberty and American Liberty: Thoughts on Mixed Constitution
Americans find it difficult to distinguish between a liberty and a right, and we find it impossible to tie a…