Friday, March 27, 2015

Thomas Paine - Constitutionalism as a Principle

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A written constitution - a systematic consistent coherent plan for governing - is a truly modern phenomenon. By ‘modern,’ let us understand ...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

American Leaders in the Mexican War

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The war between Mexico and the United States in the 1840s was not only a conflict between nations, but also a competition between substantia...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Woodrow Wilson - Racism in the White House

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Several questions revolve around the presidency of Woodrow Wilson: How, and why, did the nation elect a vicious racist like Wilson? Which fa...
Friday, March 20, 2015

Terrorist Attacks - Not a New Thing

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Explosions in New York and Washington! Shortly after the end of World War One, and shortly after the 1917 revolution in Russia, a loose coal...
Monday, March 16, 2015

The World-Historical Trend Toward Written Constitution

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During the eighteenth century, a variety of political thinkers articulated the desire for written constitutions in various nation-states, bo...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Thomas Paine and the Concept of Constitution

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When the United States was founded, the notion of a constitution was not as well-established as it would later become. The notion of a writt...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Interpreting Paine

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Although a popular icon of liberty, Thomas Paine presents the reader with challenging interpretive questions. While expressing a classic arg...