My Primer for Obama

My Primer for Obama

On the differences between Social Darwinism and laissez-faire economics. President Obama’s recent speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors signaled the opening of a political gambit in the upcoming presidential election. In dealing with the proposed budget of Representative Paul Ryan, the president sought to discredit nineteenth-century laissez-faire economics by linking that movement to […]

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 Constitutional Footsie

Constitutional Footsie

How can we have rule of law when judges can amend our founding document at their whim? The term “living constitution” doesn’t poll well. That’s what Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) president and founder Doug Kendall told participants in a teleforum sponsored by the American Association of University Women. Kendall, a self-described progressive, was explaining why […]

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