Jefferson's Wall
"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state." -Thomas Jefferson
On Politics:
- Funeral Oration - Pericles
- Phaedo - Plato
- The Republic - Plato
- Ethics - Aristotle
- Politics - Aristotle
- Antigone - Sophocles
- De Officiis - Cicero
- Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
- The Prince - Machiavelli
- Leviathan - Hobbes
- 2nd Treatise - Locke
- On the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians - Vico
- Social Contract - Rousseau
- Candide - Voltaire
- The Spirit of the Laws - Montesquieu
- What is Enlightenment? - Kant
- Perpetual Peace - Kant
- Common Sense - Paine
- Writings - Jefferson
- Federalist Papers
- The Despotism of Democracy - de Tocqueville
- The Influence of Sea Power Upon History - A.T. Mahan
- On Liberty - Mill
- 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte - Marx
- Gettysburg Address - Lincoln
- On War - Clausewitz
- The Soul of Man Under Socialism - Oscar Wilde
- Politics as Vocation - Weber
- The Grand Inquisitor - Dostoyevsky
- Jacobinism - Gramsci
- Democracy as Universal Value - Sen
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights - UN
- US Presidential Speech Archive - U.Va
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Republicans Stonewalled: Hate Gays More Than Taliban
Saturday, 24 October 2009 10:58 A GMT-05
Republicans have spoken: the (rear) ends don't justify the means
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How the capture of a rebel in Congo might affect your wallet down the road.
Presidential Swearing Match
Tuesday, 20 January 2009 2:23 P GMT-05
Roberts turns the tiller over to Obama but will he stay on board to help navigate the troubled seas ahead? (Inauguration Speech Text Included)
Key Witness Against Deciders Suffers Same Fate As Dick Cheney's E-mail (Deleted)
Sunday, 4 January 2009 8:01 P GMT-05
Bush Insider Who Planned to Tell All Killed in Plane Crash
New Addition to Arsenal of Democracy - Army Issues Thousands of Virtual Priests
Sunday, 4 January 2009 12:24 A GMT-05
In Touch Ministries is providing a new product for our troops: a handheld, solar-powered audio device called the In Touch Messenger. The Messenger contains 35 sermons from In Touch Ministries founder Dr. Charles Stanley.
The Iraq War Fading From View: Should We Care?
Thursday, 1 January 2009 7:51 P GMT-05
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New LBJ and Nixon Tapes Reveal More Skullduggery
Saturday, 13 December 2008 12:20 P GMT-05
Historians and journalists should get cracking to connect the dots between new details coming out in just-released recordings from both the Johnson and Nixon presidencies.
Obama!
Wednesday, 5 November 2008 6:58 A GMT-05
LBJ's long shadow. The Lou Dobbs effect, the youth are getting restless, Palintology,
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The Secretary of State: Dereliction of Duty by Design?
Saturday, 14 June 2008 7:01 A GMT-05
Where in the world is Condie Rice?
With History On His Side, Obama Opens Economy Debate
Monday, 9 June 2008 5:21 P GMT-05
Barack Obama wasted little time in defining the general election campaign by focusing on the economy as the central theme
Philosophy: John Rawls vs. Robert Nozick
Saturday, 17 May 2008 9:31 P GMT-05
In contemporary political philosophy Robert Nozick's "Anarchy, State, and Utopia" (libertarianism) is usually juxtaposed with John Rawls' "A Theory of Justice" (social liberalism) to represent the full spectrum of possibilities.
Commentary: McCain's Iraq Stance Echoes a Long Dominant American Tradition
Saturday, 19 April 2008 5:23 P GMT-05
General Mark Clark signed the peace document ending the war (Korea), even though the official goals had pretty much been achieved he stated later "I cannot find it in me to exalt at this hour." (Clark was the first U.S. commander to agree to an Armis
Brother, Can You Spare a Trillion?
Thursday, 27 March 2008 9:01 P GMT-05
New estimates for short- and long-term expenditures in Iraq skyrocket while we arm Afghan allies with Vietnam era weapons and equipment. Includes link to Video.
Alan Greenspan's House of Horrors
Saturday, 15 March 2008 8:59 A GMT-05
The head architect of the current financial crisis gets immunity, pleads no contest, and then tries to fade from public view...but we won't forget!
The Myth of The Iraq Security Forces?
Saturday, 8 September 2007 9:10 P GMT-05
the next time you hear someone say we'll stand down as soon as the Iraqi Army is ready to stand up, remember ARVN
The Paradox of Change in Iraq-- Missing the Forest For the Trees?
Saturday, 1 September 2007 9:45 A GMT-05
Do some tactical successes equate to strategic victory? Think again. The Iraqis may already be preparing for when America goes home
The Future of an Illusion: The New Spin on Iraq
Thursday, 30 August 2007 9:32 P GMT-05
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Commentary: Who is the enemy in Iraq?
Thursday, 16 August 2007 10:30 A GMT-05
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Bush's America: Bombs not Babies
Tuesday, 31 July 2007 10:50 P GMT-05
New follow-up story from August 21st NY Times included
The Media-- Read Between the Lies
Saturday, 30 June 2007 11:17 A GMT-05
I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on I go into another room and read a good book. --Groucho Marx
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Saturday, 16 June 2007 9:37 A GMT-05
the Six Day War still haunts the hallways of power
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Sunday, 27 May 2007 11:25 A GMT-05
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The Vanishing: Bees shouldn't look to Rudy for Help
Sunday, 6 May 2007 11:29 A GMT-05
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Conversations with History: Amartya Sen
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