“War and the military are, without question, among the very worst of the earth’s afflictions, responsible for the majority of the torments, oppressions, tyrannies, and suffocations of thought the West has for long been exposed to. In military or war society anything resembling true freedom of thought, true individual initiative in the intellectual and cultural […]Read Post ›
Widely acclaimed as the father of economics and author of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith was a professor by trade– a professor of moral philosophy. It is enlightening to note the pay structure of professors at smaller universities, such as the University of Glasgow where Smith attended than taught. There, the professors only received a small […]Read Post ›
INTRODUCTION by Alan M. Dershowitz Tolstoy famously wrote that “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Tolstoy was wrong, especially when it comes to fabulously wealthy families. Their unhappiness seems to follow a pattern. I know. I have represented too many of them during my half century career […]Read Post ›
(America’s First War on Terror) Two centuries ago, without congressional or public debate, a president whom we think of today as peaceable, Thomas Jefferson, launched America’s first war on foreign soil – a war against terror. The enemy was Muslim; the war was waged unconventionally, with commandos, native troops, encrypted intelligence, and launched from foreign […]Read Post ›
How should the Supreme Court apply the framework of the Constitution in our modern era? Amidst our current political climate, the answer to this question has increasingly important ramifications in the daily lives of each American citizen. This excellent title, written to enhance the perspectives of both constitutional lawyers and laymen alike, explores the complexity of this important issue. History has […]Read Post ›
George Orwell, which is actually the nom de plume of the man Eric Arthur Blair, was born on June 25th, 1903. As the renowned author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, many would argue that his works have only increased in prominence throughout the years, especially since in them he coined terms such as “Big Brother” and “doublethink.” In […]Read Post ›
All our formative documents – the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers and the seminal decisions of the Supreme Court under John Marshall – were drafted by attorneys steeped in Sir William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England. So much was this the case that the Commentaries rank second only to the Bible as a literary and intellectual influence on the […]Read Post ›
Bacon, Locke and Newton. I consider them as the three greatest men that have ever lived, without any exception, and as having laid the foundation of those superstructures which have been raised in the Physical and Moral sciences —letter from Thomas Jefferson Francis Bacon was born Jan. 22, 1561 in England. Though held back by ill health throughout his entire life, at […]Read Post ›
In contemporary political discourse, history and the classics have become obscure trivia, widely rejected not because of their content, but simply because they are old. And for that reason they are no longer much taught, even in the best universities. A firm grasp of ancient history and literature was for centuries the mark of an […]Read Post ›
Charles Martel, or Carolus Martellus in Latin, was born August 23, 686 AD and reigned as Mayor of the Palace and then King of the Franks from 715 AD to his death. In the Frankish Empire at his time, the kings had been “do-nothings” or mere puppets, while the Mayor of the Palace could raise armies and declare […]Read Post ›
