September 23, 2015
November 12, 2013
‘A Vision of the Impossible’: Taft on Progressives and Panaceas
In a wide-ranging discussion of the Progressive Era in her new biography of Calvin Coolidge, Amity Shlaes quotes a striking excerpt from a little-known speech by President William Howard Taft.
Given in the middle of the 1912 election, in which Taft competed (poorly) against Woodrow Wilson and former President Teddy Roosevelt, the speech focuses on the predominant themes and schemes of his opponents, handily highlighting their limits. Continue Reading...
March 06, 2013
As You Sow’s Grim Reaping
December 13, 2012
Right to Work: The UAW and Planned Parenthood Make Common Cause
November 07, 2012
Rev. Sirico: One Election Cannot Fix What Ails Us
June 28, 2012
Rev. Robert Sirico: Reply to America Magazine
June 14, 2011
Samuel Gregg: Hell, Heaven, and Progressive Catholics
June 07, 2010
Acton Lecture Series: Alinsky for Dummies
We’re posting the audio from Mr. Joseph Morris’ excellent May 6 Acton Lecture Series presentation, Alinsky for Dummies: His Persistent Influence and Its Meaning for American Society and Politics. As Lord Acton warned that power corrupts, Saul Alinsky — the father of modern “community organizing” — rejoiced that corruption empowers. Continue Reading...
February 02, 2010
On Life Support
February 19, 2009