Most people realize that there is something deeply wrong in California’s current political fiasco. Critics of the recall are right, this election is wrong, but not for the reasons they have given. Far from being anti-democratic, the recall is democracy in...
John David Lewis
John David Lewis (website) is a Visiting Professor of Political Science, Duke University. He has been a Senior Research Scholar in History and Classics at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center, and an Anthem Fellow.
Israel’s Fence and the Return to the Barbaric Past
Israel’s proposed border fence, a necessary physical separation between a lawful nation and its homicidal neighbors, is a powerful symbol of the political gulf separating the West from the Arab world. When Israel was founded, its inhabitants established the only...
Nihilism and the War Against Western Civilization
The attack of September 11, 2001 was only one incident in a concerted war on western civilization. The attackers are united not by any organized conspiracy, but by a common hatred, and a common desire. Their hatred is of life and their desire is death. The attack...
The Immorality of a Self-Defense Consensus
The enemy of September 11, 2001 is not a military foe boastful of his power. It is a tiny rat that hides under a rug in the free country it wants to destroy. That America asked for the co-operation of the world to exterminate this rat is the consequence of a grave...
Hatred of Western Civilization: Why Terrorists Attacked America
To the students of Ashland University: university teachers have wide latitude in their choice and presentation of subjects. In America university courses have been presented about Black Hair, Oprah Winfrey, and the Social Life of Snails. I see no reason why I should...
Shays’ Rebellion and the Spirit of Freedom
In 1786 New England farmers, oppressed by taxation, launched a series of rebellions against state authorities. Beginning with popular protests at town meetings, the demonstrations spread to local courthouses and legislatures. The statehouse in Hew Hampshire was...
Don’t Destroy America’s Best: Will America Repeat the Errors of Ancient Greece
In Judge Jackson’s “findings of fact” in which he declared Microsoft to be a dangerous monopoly, one fact was undisputed: the defendant is extraordinarily successful. This success is often described in terms of “market share,” which is a...
In Defense–and Against–the Euro
The following letter was sent in reply to John Lewis’ article England, The Euro, and Socialist Europe. We present it followed by John Lewis’ reply. In Defense of the Euro: Mr. Lewis: Painting Germany as a socialist planned economy that is stagnating is...
England, The Euro, and Socialist Europe
For years the socialists have been claiming that England should join the single European currency (the Euro) and should follow a central economic policy as voted by all 15 nations. England, we are told, faces dire economic woes if it fails to join the economic...
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