Today's Politicos vs The Words and Deeds of The Founders

If you liked Great Expectations, Les Miserables, and books of that sort, you will probably like Memoirs of a Sleepwalker. If you don't, you won't.

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Some thoughts on recent newsworthy events of the past few days:

The United States Postal Service recently announced that in a few months it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays. It is estimated the move will shave about $2 billion …

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In the Fall 2012 edition of the Claremont Review of Books, William Voegeli has an essay, entitled Extremism in Defense of Liberty1, explaining why the Republicans haven't been worth their salt - so to speak.

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Progressives have a superiority complex. Progressives claim that society is steadily progressing, becoming smarter and smarter, and that old social mores are outdated and must constantly be replaced as people journey ever closer to perfection. That's what they claim. But it's not really what they believe. What they really believe in is their own superiority and that the benighted masses cannot be entrusted with their own lives. Only they, the enlightened, can cure social ills, by removing choice and forcing people to make the decisions that progressives deem right.

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President Barack Obama seems intent on following the Biden Rule when nominating individuals to cabinet posts for his second term. The Biden Rule, of course, states that anyone sharper than “Good “Ol Joe” should not be given consideration. This naturally …

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Obama s doing what he said he would do faced with an obstinate Republican majority in the House and a divided Senate. His arrogant assurance of infallibility is coupled with a will to power so great that opposition is now intolerable. That explains why Mr. Obama is intent, not on finding solutions to America’s manifold problems, but on vilifying Republicans. The Republican Party must be delegitimized so the electorate pulls mostly Democrat levers in 2014. Only then will President Obama be fully empowered to do what he came to do – transform the nation to match his vision of social and economic justice.

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Amity Shlaes is an engaging, vibrant and enthusiastic speaker who clearly loves her subject matter. On Monday night, Marcia and I had the distinct pleasure of listening to a presentation on Calvin Coolidge she gave at the Goldwater Institute. Coolidge is the subject of her soon to be released new biography on this underappreciated president. In her words, she is on a "mission of reputation rebuilding." She said that she figured that The Goldwater Institute was a better place than most to start, since the institute had done such a good job in restoring Barry Goldwater's good name.

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It's been too long since we've published one of these. It is not indicative of a lack of good quality writing out there, as you'll see when you read these. Frankly, we've been in a bit of a funk here at WWTFT. Character and liberty seem to be under attack from every conceivable quarter. Whether it's Second Amendment Rights, governance by fiat in blatant disregard of the Constitution and ignoring court rulings (recess appointments), elevating homosexuality to the status of race by the President in his disgusting inaugural address, the BSA's rethinking of its longstanding policy against homosexual troop leaders, John Kerry as Secretary of State, Chuck Hegel as Secretary of Defense, the Gabby Gifford sympathy play... the list goes on. Well, here's hoping you enjoy the links.

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Chalk one up for the rule of law. A unanimous panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the president’s non-recess appointments unconstitutional and therefore illegal and an abuse of executive power.

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Harlow Giles Unger's latest biography is, if possible, even better than his last. Unger does a superb job of illuminating a largely forgotten figure of American history - John Quincy Adams. Unger's book is a great place to start learning about the generation immediately following the country's founding. Mr. Unger’s descriptive powers continue to impress. He writes some of the most readable and informative biographies available. His latest on John Quincy Adams is certainly one of these.

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