Lecture posted November 24, 1999 by Sir Rhodes Boyson, Antonio Martino
What We Can Learn from Margaret Thatcher
POLITICAL LESSONS
Sir Rhodes Boyson
Margaret Thatcher has her place in world
as well as British history. Her very name is used to denote a way
of thinking: Thatcherism. She herself was not an original thinker,
and on her resignation the editor of the Daily Telegraph
described Thatcherism as a powerful…
First Principles Series Report posted July 18, 2007 by Thomas West, William Schambra
The Progressive Movement and the Transformation of American Politics
Progressivism was the reform movement that ran from the late
19th century through the first decades of the 20th century, during
which leading intellectuals and social reformers in the United
States sought to address the economic, political, and cultural
questions that had arisen in the context of the rapid changes
brought with the Industrial Revolution…
WebMemo posted September 16, 2009 by Edwin Meese III
The Meaning Of The Constitution
An excerpt from The Heritage
Guide to the Constitution
The Constitution of the United States has endured for over two
centuries. It remains the object of reverence for nearly all
Americans and an object of admiration by peoples around the world.
William Gladstone was right in 1878 when he…
Lecture posted October 12, 1995 by Jeffrey Gayner
The Contract with America: Implementing New Ideas in the U.S.
Decades from now, historians quite likely will reflect back upon
the Contract With America as one of the most significant
developments in the political history of the United States. As Newt
Gingrich, the first Republican Speaker of the House of
Representatives in 40 years, has written: "there is no comparable
congressional document in our two-hundred-year…
Lecture posted April 30, 2004 by Paul Kengor, Ph.D.
The Intellectual Origins of Ronald Reagan's Faith
A
number of people believed in this book from the very beginning.1 Many in this room fall
into that category, but two aren't here. One, who was absolutely
crucial, is an editor in New York named Cal Morgan. The biggest
problem I had with this book was trying to…
Lecture on February 1, 1989
The Politics of T.S. Eliot
(Archived document, may contain errors)
THE POLITICS OF T.S. ELIOT
by Russell Kirk One hundred years ago, Thomas Steams Eliot was
bom into an intelligently conservative family in St. Louis. His
grandfather, a Unitarian minister and a man of mark, founded the
Church of the Messiah and Washington University; the Eliots of S t.
Louis…
WebMemo posted September 14, 2007 by Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
The Formation of the Constitution
The creation of the United States
Constitution-John Adams described the Constitutional Convention as
"the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world
has ever seen"-was a seminal event in the history of human liberty.
The story of that creation in the summer of 1787 is itself a
significant aspect in determining the meaning of…