A review of A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War (Roman and Littlefield, 2000, 750 pp.) At a recent appearance before the Heritage Foundation to discuss A New Birth of Freedom , James Bovard asked author Harry Jaffa how Abraham Lincoln’s suppression of Southern secession reflected on his commitment to consensual
The European Union is a continental movement with an American pedigree. The phenomena of European “integration” and “harmonization” (innocuous terms for a pernicious enterprise) re-enact the evolution of the American Union: the judicial conversion of sovereign states into municipalities and, concomitantly, the homogenization-centralization of
Sent to my list: “Lew Rockwell gave me my start in journalism, so it’s my pleasure to return the favor in small part by informing you of his new book, Speaking of Liberty . Lew is president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and I know of no writer who defends the cause of freedom with greater ardor and erudition. To learn more about Speaking of
This according to the Jerusalem Post . “In a twist on socialist values, two kibbutzim are in the process of registering their homes as private property, making them Israel’s first cooperatives to rent, sell or mortgage houses. Members of Kibbutz Kadarim in the Lower Galilee and Kibbutz Gesher Haziv near Nahariya will register their homes with the
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