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In Commerce & Community: Ecologies of Social Cooperation (Routledge 2014), Robert Garnett, Paul Lewis and I set out to encourage interaction and cross-fertilization among several contemporary lines of research that have begun to reject the division of economic life into separate spheres of commerce and community (impersonal, amoral Gesellschaft vs. face-to-face, ethically imbued Gemeinschaft) and to recast
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In 2007 I had the privilege of co-leading a small operational component of Operation Freedoms Ring (OFR), a non-critical path Shadow Operation to Golden Phoenix. Operation Golden Phoenix 2007 was a collaborative training exercise led by Marine Aircraft Group (MAG)-46/U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, elements of the California National Guard, and civil authorities. There were two major
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In 2000, I had the opportunity to get acquainted with Richard Cornuelle, a leading figure in the early libertarian movement who became one of our country’s most insightful analysts of the philanthropic sector. Dick had long believed that the intellectual case for the free society was still most vulnerable where civil society intersected with the
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Conversations on Philanthropy: Emerging Questions on Liberality and Social Thought is a journal in English, and publishes original articles, essays, and book reviews addressing considerations of the role of philanthropy in a free society. Our aim is to promote inquiry and reflection on the importance of liberality—both in the sense of generosity and of the character
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Review of Fred Inglis, History Man: The Life of R. G. Collingwood Published in Books and Culture, Dec/Jan 2012 In An Autobiography, published in 1939 on the eve of World War II, English philosopher R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943) reflected on the historical legacy of World War I. “[A] war of unprece-dented ferocity,” wrote Collingwood, “closed in
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History, On Proper Principles: Essays in Honor of Forrest McDonald by Steven M. Klugewicz and Lenore T. Ealy Publication Date: April 1, 2010 Few historians have been as prolific—or as controversial—as Forrest McDonald, who has spent his long career shattering myths and standing athwart the increasingly ideological approach of his fellow historians. Perhaps most notably, he
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Liberty and Learning: Milton Friedman’s Voucher Idea at Fifty By Robert C. Enlow & Lenore T. Ealy Publication Date: August 10, 2006 Fifty years ago, Milton Friedman had the ground-breaking idea to improve public education with school vouchers. By separating government financing of education from government administration of schools, Friedman argued, parents at all income levels
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I was honored to be invited to contribute a chapter to this collection exploring the thought of the late social philosopher Edward Shils. My chapter, “The Recovery of Tradition,” discusses Shils’ distinctions between ‘civil amnesia’ (a disconnection from the past often spurred on by the relentless modern drive for innovation, social change, modernization); ‘traditionalism’ (a
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I was deeply honored to contribute a response to Nobel Laureate Vernon Smith‘s essay “Faith and the Compatibility of Science and Religion”, published in The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Reflections on Faith, Science, and Economics (Acton Institute 2017).
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Lost in Methodenstreit: Reflections on Theory, History, and the Quest for a Science of Association In my contribution to What is Classical Liberal History? , edited by Michael Douma and Phil Magness, I sought to offer a reflection on some of the epistemological and methodological problems that arose with the development of classical liberal thought. These problems can
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In which G.M. Curtis and I strive to caution constitutional equanimity in the aftermath of the 2016 Presidential election… Recovering Constitutional Dignity After the Election Every day since the election has brought with it a new affront to public civility. By and large, those in leadership have tried to rise to the occasion; signaling, yet
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@LiberyLawSite July 21, 2015 Has the American republic passed its zenith? A building chorus of social commentary suggests that it has. Works such as Os Guinness’ A Free People’s Suicide: Sustainable Freedom and the American Future (2012), Donald J. Devine’s America’s Way Back: Reclaiming Freedom, Tradition, and Constitution (2013); James L. Buckley’s Saving Congress from
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http://www.libertylawsite.org/2015/01/27/obamas-nod-to-crony-philanthropy/
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Published at The Freeman, August 4, 2014. http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/is-education-policy-economic-policy
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The Intellectual Crisis in Philanthropy Essay published in Society
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Published in The Freeman Online, August 28, 2013 American public discourse is characterized today by predictions of decline and fall that offer little hope to the rising generations. From economic, social, and political critics, there is ample commentary on America’s self-destructive path. Such prognoses have given birth to a mini-industry of Tocqueville studies, with partisans
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