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Top 10 Books for Selfish Citizens, 3rd Quarter 2013

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Jim

The following are the top 10 books for July – September 2013 as identified by the readers of Selfish Citizenship. The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure: Why Pure Capitalism is the World Economy’s Only Hope by John A. … Continue reading →

Posted in Political Discussions | Tagged Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Franklin, Cox and Forkum, DIM Hypothesis, Douglas MacArthur, education, Edward Cline, financial crisis, General MacArthur, Harry Truman, history, John A. Allison, John Allison, Leonard Peikoff, President Truman, Sydney Kendall, top books, William MacArthur | Leave a comment

Top 10 Books for Selfish Citizens, 1st Quarter 2013

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Jim

The following are the top 10 books for January – March 2013 as identified by the readers of Selfish Citizenship. The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure: Why Pure Capitalism is the World Economy’s Only Hope by John A. … Continue reading →

Posted in History, President | Tagged Andrew Jackson, Aristotle, Benjamin Franklin, Cox and Forkum, Douglas MacArthur, financial crisis, Harry Truman, John Allison, neoconservative, Thomas Jefferson, William Manchester | Leave a comment

How to Learn American History

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Jim

Historian H.W. Brands wished to write an extensive multi-volume history of the United States. However, publishers bulked that it would not sell, so Brands came up with a plan to do what he wanted while satisfying the publisher’s preference for … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Political Discussions | Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Franklin, Carl Van Doren, Dumas Malone, FDR, Franklin Roosevelt, H.W. Brands, john quincy adams, Joseph Ellis, Panic of 1819, Robert Remini, Tecumseh, Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. Grant | 3 Comments

On Foreign Policy, American Founders vs. Ron Paul

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Jim

It has been asserted that Ron Paul’s foreign policy is consistent with that of our Founders. Let me list some of the actual foreign policies of the early American government so that supporters of Paul can reconsider whether he is … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy | Tagged Andrew Jackson, Barbary pirates, C. Bradley Thomspson, colonization, democratic, Democratic-Republican party, Douglas Southall Freeman, Dumas Malone, Florida, Founding Fathers, France, freed slaves, George Washington, Harry Ammon, Indian, James Madison, James Monroe, John Adams, John Quincey Adams, Liberia, Libertarian, Lousiana, Marines, Mississippi, Monroe doctorine, Napoleon, Neopleonic wars, pirates, Ralph Ketcham, Republican, Ron Paul, Samuel Flagg Bemis, Seminoles, Spain, Thomas Jefferson, Tripoli, United Kingdom, War of 1812 | 4 Comments

Open Letter to Gary Johnson

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Jim

Personally, I prefer to write about political policy over campaign tactics; however, this video and script offers a few interesting points related to Selfish Citizenship: (1) history as facts from reality to use as a guide, (2) understanding that success/improvement … Continue reading →

Posted in Election, President | Tagged Albert Gallatin, Andrew Jackson, Barack Obama, C-SPAN, civil society, Congress, deficit hawk, drinking age, election, Freedom Party, Gary Johnson, history, James Carville, James Garfield, Libertarian, President, Reform movement, Republican, Ross Perot, spoils system, Tea Party, The Contenders, Thomas Jefferson, tyranny | 9 Comments