Ronald Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing” – 52 years on
Ronald Reagan’s speech supporting Sen. Barry Goldwater’s presidential campaign still speaks to us. “A time for choosing” may be from another, more polite era of political discourse but its themes of deficits, taxes, liberty, security and leadership are more pressing than ever....
George H. Smith’s new book, The System of Liberty
Very excited to have just received through the post a copy of George H. Smith’s latest book, The System of Liberty: Themes in the History of Classical Liberalism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Cato Institute, 2013) – and I’ve already started in on it! My excitement stems from knowing...
Magna Carta: 798 years after Runneymede…
Ideas have consequences and the ideas about justice and liberty under law promulgated in Magna Carta have had some of the most profound consequences in mankind’s history. Originally intended by the English barons as a check upon the authority, privileges and prerogatives of King John, Magna Carta came to...