In a recent lecture, Will pointed to the constitutional nature of the speech President Barack Obama gave to the NAACP to mark their centennial convention. Obama marks the occasion as an opportunity to celebrate “not simply the journey the NAACP has traveled, but the journey that we have, as Americans, have traveled over the past [...]
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Project Citizen
Having been briefly introduced to Project Citizen at the National Academy, I decided to try it out this year. It’s an ideal, outcome-based activity as much about the journey as the finish. And the great thing about the finish is that it’s really just the beginning, for students receive the tools to research and formulate [...]
A Visual Interpretation of the Financial Crisis
Remember Madison’s worries about the imprecision of language? More than a few Americans have been overwhelmed by the news about the financial crisis and have no idea what to think about all the information. Many have been convinced to be afraid but few know what the problem really is. Jonathan Jarvis offers this incredibly simply [...]
It's America and We are One
Did you see the We are One celebration yesterday? It was a powerful combination of our best words, music, and ideas. From the MLK and JFK quotes you’d expect to Reagan quotes you wouldn’t. I wouldn’t call myself a fan of Mary J. Blige or Jon Bon Jovi but they provided a moving performance with [...]
Is a Bailout of the Auto Companies Federalist in Nature?
The following thread is from a conversation conducted via email: –Hobbes21 ——————— Hey, Whole, I’m wondering what y’all think about the proposed automobile manufacturers’ bailout. Is it federalism at work, or diet socialism? Are the Big Three the last, best vestiges of a strong middle class, or simply lumbering dinosaurs? What is the price to our [...]
Executive Order: Masking Good Intentions or Truly Frightening?
Executive order, much like judicial review, is a power that was seized early on by the presidency; George Washington is credited with eight such uses. The official list of e.o’s has been numbered retrospectively to Abraham Lincoln, when he used his position to establish military courts in Louisiana after its re-capture. One wonders what the [...]
Financial Woes and a Political Crisis
Have you been watching the news and wondering what to make of the bailout talk? It seems people know they should be concerned and know they should be talking about it but still aren’t quite sure what it all means. I had to double check my radio presets today when a popular morning radio show [...]
"Rationally Ignorant" for U.S. Senate
I am at an FTE seminar and as I was doing one of the readings I found something that I thought supported my argument that we should be return the way U.S. senators are elected to having the State Assemblies elect the state’s U.S. senators. The book ‘The Economics of Public Policies’ says, ” many [...]
Wall-E: Perfectly Constituted Disorder
I saw the most frightening childrens’ movie this weekend, Pixar’s “Wall-E.” The child in the row behind me squealed with delight over every adorable character. She punctuated each screen debut with the character’s name. She faithfully announced Wall-E and Eve each time, convinced we were as excited as she was. She had no idea I [...]
Essence of an Anti-Federalist
On the same note as the essence of a federalist, What is the essence of an anti-federalist? –Keith J Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend
