November 3, 2009
The Rediscovery of America: Here's the Best Ground from Which to Repulse the Whole Progressive Project
By Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
By any measure, the United States of America is a great nation. Thirteen colonies are now 50 states covering a vast continent and beyond. The ...
October 8, 2009
Examining the History and Legality of Executive Branch Czars
By Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
(Testimony )
The rise of government by bureaucrats--due to the delegation of power from Congress to administrative agencies, combined with the removal of those agencies from the ...
February 24, 2009
Progressivism and the New Science of Jurisprudence
By Bradley C. S. Watson
(First Principles #0024)
Progressivism in its jurisprudential guise is rooted not in constitutional text, tradition, logic, or structure, but in the judge’s view of which necessities are most ...
November 20, 2007
The Birth of the Administrative State: Where It Came From and What It Means for Limited Government
By Ronald J. Pestritto, Ph.D.
(First Principles #16)
The ideas that gave rise to what is today called "the administrative state" are fundamentally at odds with those that gave rise to our Constitution. ...
July 18, 2007
The Progressive Movement and the Transformation of American Politics
By Thomas G. West and William A. Schambra
(First Principles #12)
Although material circumstances and politicians' self-interest helped to make America what it is today, the most important cause was a change in the prevailing understanding ...