Richard Epstein’s critique of Elizabeth Warren and company
Richard Epstein offers a well-reasoned critique of progressive policy proposals during this year’s campaign season.
Tag Archives: Thomas Jefferson
Fake news as a social phenomenon
We are all Cartesians in that respect. God created us to follow his light, which is to say, our own inner voice. Nothing in the world, outside of our minds, contradicts that creative principle.
Views of progressive populism
Therefore make government weak, to make people happy and secure in their property. Make government passive wherever possible, because its activity causes misery. These principles never fail to enlarge liberty for those who make them their own.
Evolution away from a democratic republic
Several forms of democracy continue, but we no longer function as a constitutional republic. Secession and other radical changes recognize and ratify something that has already taken place.
Jefferson’s change of mind
The Dark Side of Thomas Jefferson This longish article in the The Smithsonian is rather well done. Generally I don’t find discussions …
Thomas Jefferson’s breadth of interests
Generally I stay with politics in The Jeffersonian. The blog’s subtitle, after all, is A Journal of Democracy and Public …
The Jeffersonian 