Presidents' Day is a good reminder to treat the presidency with skepticism
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Presidents' Day is a good reminder to treat the presidency with skepticism
What set great presidents apart was their intellectual curiosity and openness. They read widely and were as eager to learn about developments in biology, philosophy, architecture, and music as in domestic and foreign affairs. They were interested in hearing new views and revising their old ones. They saw many of their policies as experiments to
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... See moreIn 1896, Brooks Adams wrote a book called The Law of Civilization and Decay. Like most late-19th-century commentators, he believed that his country was nearing a watershed in its history. But unless America rallied around a strong leader, the center of world power, which he thought might be about to shift from England to the United States, would
... See moreA brilliant libertarian-republican theoretician before achieving power and after leaving it, Jefferson is a classic case of corruption of principle from being in power. The first Jefferson Administration, however, was certainly one of the finest libertarian moments in the history of the United States. Expenses were lowered, the army and navy were
Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel, who has bankrolled right-wing politicians like J.D. Vance, just said the quiet part out loud.
He openly admitted his goal: concentrating political power among the elite.
This isn’t surprising coming from Thiel—he’s previously argued that freedom... See more
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