Thoughts on the American Project at 250
Whilst the 4th July has long been held to mark American Independence Day, it was on the 2nd that the 13 colonies unanimously passed the Lee Resolution at the Second Continental Congress and, with it, announced their independence from Britain. It was on the 4th July 1776 that they...
Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia — at 50
Fifty years ago, Robert Nozick opened his most famous work, Anarchy, State, and Utopia (ASU), with the following words: “Individuals have rights, and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights). So strong and far-reaching are these rights that they raise the...
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....