Thou Shalt Not Profane God: Public or Private? — Steve Farrell
Liberty Letters with Steve Farrell
"One man's vulgarity is another man's lyric," indicated a Supreme Court justice over four decades ago. (1)
The justice said it,...
Blessed Tolerance: The Virtue of a Republic in Decline
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
Approximately two and a half millennia ago, Plato, in his classic work, The Republic, unveiled a more intimate look into our...
The Un-American United Nations
BY STEVE FARRELL
Author's introductory note: This essay was originally published in August of 1999 (and then updated in Sept. 2000 as an alert to...
The National Law of the Harvest
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
There is a Christian church in America that contends, as did many of our Christian forefathers, that America "is a...
Enemies of Tyranny: Faith, Reason, and the First Amendment
THEY WERE BELIEVERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
One of the great changes in thinking spawned by the American Revolution was that reason and revelation could and...
Give me back that Old Time Schooling!
BY STEVE FARRELL
Liberty Letters: Bates, Blackstone, Locke
For generations, in the singing of “America, the Beautiful,” (1) Americans encouraged each other to exercise freedom responsibly,...
Joseph Story on “Complete Decentralization”
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
In Justice Joseph Story's classic 1883 work, "Commentaries on the U.S. Constitution", he writes of the concept we now refer...
Constitutional Checks on Spending and Debt
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
In the Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787, George Mason of Virginia, suggested:
the necessity of preventing the danger of...
Bastiat: Defining Law, Its Source, Its Legitimate Role and Limits
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
French Philosopher Frédéric Bastiat loved to get to the root of things.
In his 1852 classic "The Law" he teaches:
It is...
Bastiat: The Gentle and Rough Hand of the State
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
Many today look to the state for for a hand up, hand out, or for some other sort of privilege...
Washington’s Farewell Address
With slight shades of difference you have the same religion, manners, habits, and political principles. George Washington
Trump vs. Reagan: What Is a Conservative?
PAUL G. KENGOR, CENTER FOR VISION AND VALUES
Many of Donald Trump’s supporters have compared him to Ronald Reagan. It is quite instructive that Trump...
Thomas Jefferson: How Porous Should Our Borders Be?
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
You and I are "melting pot" people; citizens, that is, of that country set apart by Heaven to receive those...
Resting Place of a Humble Man
PAUL G. KENGOR, CENTER FOR VISION & VALUES
William P. Clark died two years ago last month. When he passed, I wrote a tribute at...
National Law of the Harvest
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
There is a Christian Church in America that contends, as did many of our Christian forefathers, that America "is a...
John Adams: There’s a Divinity that Shapes Our Ends
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
Daniel Webster records that in 1776, while some men vacillated as to Independence, John Adams, the "Voice of the Declaration,"...
John Adams: There’s a Divinity that Shapes Our Ends
LIBERTY LETTERS, 1776
Daniel Webster records that in 1776, while some men vacillated as to Independence, John Adams, the "Voice of the Declaration," arose and...
Attacks on Scott Walker Remind of Reagan
PAUL G. KENGOR, CENTER FOR VISION AND VALUES
As soon as a conservative Republican emerges as a serious presidential frontrunner, liberals in the media...
Fast Asleep in Philosophical Tranquility as Civil War Looms
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
In my April 2oth column, "For the Sake of Party or Principle," I promised to follow-up on John Adams' feelings...
For the Sake of Party or Principle?
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had different points of view on a few subjects. One significant point of departure, at...
Conclusion of Book 1 to the Inquiry into the Nature and Causes
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith, 1776
2013 Internet Edition (with explanatory notes) by Steve Farrell
BOOK I....
Of The Rent of Land
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith, 1776
2013 Internet Edition (with explanatory notes) by Steve Farrell
BOOK I....
Of Wages and Profit, in the Different Employments of Labour and Stock
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith, 1776
2013 Internet Edition (with explanatory notes) by Steve Farrell
BOOK I....
Religion & Morality Sustain Freedom
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. (1)
“Stand therefore in the Liberty wherewith Christ hath...
Religion & Morality Sustain Freedom
LIBERTY LETTERS WITH STEVE FARRELL
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. (1)
“Stand therefore in the Liberty wherewith Christ hath...
Morality and the Law: A Partnership
BY STEVE FARRELL
“I suppose persons who mouth the slogan think they are saying something profound. In fact, if that is an argument at...
No Kings In America!—A Biblical Appeal
Paine’s Christianity: Part 3
BY STEVE FARRELL
“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right,” argued Thomas...
The Interview: Paine’s Christianity, Part 2
BY STEVE FARRELL
Was founder Thomas Paine ever a Christian, and ever anything other than a man who shouted the Bible down as "Fraud!"
Most of...
The Interview: Paine's Christianity, Part 2
BY STEVE FARRELL
Was founder Thomas Paine ever a Christian, and ever anything other than a man who shouted the Bible down as "Fraud!"
Most of...
Paine's Christianity
BY STEVE FARRELL
Paine's Christianity: Part 1
Of all the attempts to affix to the Founding Father's the faithless brand, "non-Christian secularist," the only Founder who...