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The Colonial Origins of American Liberty |
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Suspicion + Dislike = Liberty; A formula for freedom |
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Love thy neighbor? Colonial quarrels give birth to religious freedom |
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PC Myth: The Puritans were racists |
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No, the Puritans didn't steal Indian lands |
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Self-government is non-negotiable |
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America's Conservative Revolution |
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Colonial tradition or British innovation? |
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Fact: The American Revolution was not like the French Revolution |
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Constitution okay, say states, but we get to bolt just in case... |
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First Amendment: Feds must leave states alone |
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Second Amendment: It's okay to own a gun |
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Ninth Amendment: Just because it's not in the Bill of Rights doesn't mean it's not a right |
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Tenth Amendment: Whatever the states didn't let the Feds do was left to the states |
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War Powers: Congress wimps out on its responsibility |
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American Government and the ``Principles of '98'' |
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Providing for the ``general welfare'': The roots of big government |
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The Republicans versus the Federalists |
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The North---South Division |
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You get Missouri, we get Maine |
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Keep slavery out of the territories! (to reserve them for whites) |
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States fight over plantations in . . . Arizona? |
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It's about slavery, but it's not about slavery |
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The rise of the Republicans |
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Fact: Local southern judge freed Dred Scott |
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Lunatic on the loose: Murderer John Brown returns to the scene |
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The War Between the States |
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Was there an American civil war? |
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The states had the right to secede |
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Was the war fought to free slaves? |
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Reality check: Lincoln's views on race |
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Lincoln fought to ``save the Union'' . . . and consolidate its power |
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Why did the soldiers fight? The soldiers speak. . . |
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Lincoln, Johnson, and presidential Reconstruction |
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The Fourteenth Amendment and states' rights |
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The first impeachment of a president |
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How Big Business Made Americans Better Off |
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How government promoted waste and corruption in railroad construction |
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How ``fairness'' crippled American farmers |
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The ``wicked'' Rockefeller |
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Andrew Carnegie and the American standard of living |
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Herbert Dow: Forgotten American hero |
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Antitrust idiocy: Should antitrust laws be repealed? |
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Propaganda in wartime? It can't be! |
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Starving civilians is against the law |
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The sinking of the Lusitania |
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The Germans make one last push |
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Why did Wilson favor war? |
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The peace conference: The disaster Wilson pretended not to notice |
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Opponents say we can't police the world! |
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``Bizarre'' and ``wild-eyed'': The Wilsonian program |
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Setting the stage for World War II |
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The Misunderstood Twenties |
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Voting for the anti-Wilson |
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The truth about the Twenties |
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The Great Depression and the New Deal |
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Hoover: A ``do nothing'' president? If only! |
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Let's help starving people by destroying food! |
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FDR's anti-business zealotry delays recovery |
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The consequences of labor legislation |
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The disaster of ``public works'' |
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Not so fast, Court tells FDR |
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Did World War II lift America out of the Depression? |
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The military draft reduces unemployment! |
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Yes, Communist Sympathizers Really Existed |
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``I have been over into the future---and it works!'' |
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The Soviet experiment: A model for America? |
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Labor unions speak: The merits of the Soviet system |
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Lighten up: It's all for ``the good of the masses of the working people''! |
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How Stalin starved his own people |
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The New York Times reporter who covered up Stalin's crimes |
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Stalin's show trials genuine, say bootlickers |
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Yes, Soviet spies were a problem |
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Joe McCarthy was a paranoid idiot, right? |
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The Approach of World War II |
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FDR tries to neutralize neutrality laws |
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The imperial presidency takes shape: Did FDR break the law? |
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How FDR got Americans into war |
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Did FDR make war with Japan inevitable? |
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World War II: Consequences and Aftermath |
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FDR and Uncle Joe---How friendly was FDR toward Stalin? |
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American presidents send a million Russians back to Stalin |
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An atrocity on American soil: Russians drugged and returned home |
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Was the Marshall Plan a great success or another failed giveaway program? |
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Truman disregards the Constitution |
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Instead of law, sociology |
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From race neutrality to race obsession |
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Let's force those kids together---even if they have to be bused two hours a day! |
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
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Who was the real John F. Kennedy? |
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Lyndon Johnson: A legacy of failure |
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How '60s liberalism discouraged all the right things and encouraged all the wrong ones |
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Lack of jobs doesn't explain large welfare rolls |
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The Great Society and the Vietnam tragedy |
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How was Reagan different? |
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Charitable giving during the ``Decade of Greed'' |
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The truth about Michael Milken, the man the media loved to hate |
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``Only unqualified applicants may apply'' |
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Balkan misadventures: How Clinton abused power, abetted Islamists, lied, and wasted billions of taxpayer dollars for nothing |
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``The era of big government is over''---say what? |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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