Elections & Public Integrity
Election Day 1920
One hundred years and one day ago, North Carolinians went to the polls to choose the Ohioan that would become the next president of the United States. There was no…
Warren G. Harding
president of the United States from 1921 to 1923
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Williamson tackles radicalism in American political history
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online focuses on the fascination and fear of radicalism in American politics. The fear of radicalism runs deep in our national DNA. So does the…
Elections & Public Integrity
Democrats and ‘normalcy’
Jonah Goldberg writes at National Review Online about Democratic candidates’ approach to the 2020 presidential election. In the 1920 presidential election, Warren Harding won in a landslide by promising a…
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Presidents and comedians
Tevi Troy explores the history of comedians taking American presidents to task. When Donald Trump doesn’t show up at the White House Correspondents’ dinner on April 29, he’ll be the…
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Shlaes examines the immigration debate
Amity Shlaes‘ latest Forbes column ponders the contentious debate over immigration. “IMMIGRATION restrictionist = racist.” “Restrictionist nation = racist nation.” These are the basic equations animating the opponents of President-elect…
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Making Warren Harding look good
Victor Davis Hanson‘s latest column for National Review Online explains why the scandal-plagued Obama administration is helping to boost the reputation of one of America’s least-loved presidents. [T]he proper Obama…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Remember when Democrats liked cutting taxes?
Larry Kudlow and Brian Domitrovic do. They explore in a Real Clear Markets column the 50th anniversary of a significant achievement from a Democratic presidential administration. Fifty years ago last…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Calvin Coolidge proved a president can scale back the federal government and win public support
The federal government was smaller in 1929 than in 1923, thanks largely to the efforts of the President Calvin Coolidge. Biographer Amity Shlaes explained to a John Locke Foundation Headliner…
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Economic historian Gordon reviews the new Coolidge biography
Labeled “much needed,” “altogether admirable,” and “deeply researched,” Amity Shlaes‘ new biography of our nation’s 30th president attracts economic historian John Steele Gordon‘s attention in the latest issue of Commentary…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Shlaes lauds the ‘Great Refrainer’
If Ronald Reagan was the “Great Communicator,” then Amity Shlaes contends Calvin Coolidge ought to be known as the “Great Refrainer” — a label appropriate for a president with a…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Williams examines the ‘trickle down’ fallacy
Quoting his friend and colleague Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams uses his latest syndicated column to explore misleading rhetoric about “trickle down” economics. [T]he term “trickle down theory” is simply a…
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Plans to revive the economy
We’re hearing a lot from Obama and Romney about their “plans” for reviving the economy and creating jobs. Economist Thomas Sowell, however, points out here that political plans are not…