by Henry Oliner | Jan 3, 2021 | Politics, Progressivism
“It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices [checks and balances] should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 30, 2020 | Philosophy, Politics, Progressivism
We learn the value of our principles when we abandon them. A study of progressivism in America merits a return to the founding principles. Early progressives sought “Hamiltonian means to achieve Jeffersonian ends”, removing the shackles to big government in the...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 14, 2016 | History, Politics, Progressivism
from Roger Kimball at The Wall Street Journal. Since Men Aren’t Angels: Madison, Hamilton and other supporters of the Constitution worried about the potential incursions of federal power just as much as did the anti-Federalists, who opposed adopting the...
