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Free Markets, Deregulation, and Blame | Print |  E-mail
Written by Bob Adelmann   
Friday, 19 March 2010 00:00

Free MarketsFree markets, in the full sense of the phrase, exist only in the minds and imaginations of free-market economists from the Austrian School, such as Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard.

 
Pope Pius XII: Hero in the Unmaking | Print |  E-mail
Written by Selwyn Duke   
Friday, 05 March 2010 01:00

Pope Pius XIIThe word “hero” so often conjures up images of the brash and the bold. We may think of Audie Murphy’s WWII exploits, the Spartans at Thermopylae, or the doomed holdouts at the Alamo. But then there are the quiet heroes, people such as Oskar Schindler. Ever since Schindler’s List hit the silver screen in 1993, his clandestine efforts resulting in the rescue of almost 1,200 Jews from Nazi death camps have been well known.

 
1960: A Year That Changed America | Print |  E-mail
Written by Jack Kenny   
Friday, 19 February 2010 01:00

1960sThe lives of most Americans in 1960 were markedly different from a decade earlier in at least one significant respect. A great many more of us were watching television.

 
Nullification in a Nutshell | Print |  E-mail
Written by Patrick Krey   
Thursday, 18 February 2010 09:00

madison - nullificationThe “Principles of 98,” as they came to be known, are rarely discussed in modern history lectures even though these are integral to understanding how our federal Constitution was intended to function. These are the principles of state interposition or nullification that assert that if the federal government fails to check itself through one of its three branches, then it would be up to the states to rein in the feds.

 
Valentine Tribute to Sir William Blackstone | Print |  E-mail
Written by Rebecca Terrell   
Friday, 12 February 2010 07:00

Most people identify February 14 with Valentine's Day, a holiday confined mostly to the red end of the spectrum and filled with chocolate, flowers, and sticky, sweet heart candies bearing inane messages like "Be Mine" and "URA QT." Few realize it is a date of special significance to our nation's constitutional foundation.

 
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