Feb 1, 2013 ~ The Imaginative Conservative

What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear

By Alexis de Tocqueville|2019-11-14T13:12:14-06:00February 1st, 2013|Categories: Alexis de Tocqueville, American Founding, American Republic, Books, Christendom, Democracy, Democracy in America, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, William F. Byrne|

An excerpt from Democracy in America. I had remarked during my stay in the United States that a democratic state of society, similar to that of the Americans, might offer singular facilities for the establishment of despotism; and I perceived, upon my return to Europe, how much use had already been made, by most of [...]

Income Tax & Fed Created In 1913, Phil Mickelson Shrugs In 2013?

Phil Michelson Don’t quite recall what happened in 1913? The Philadelphia Athletics’ World Series win that year didn’t make its mark? How about this, as I wrote in my book Econoclasts: For all one hears about, say, 1914, 1929, 1945, 1968, 1989, and 2001, 1913 may well be the most important year in [...]