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C-SPAN2 Covers Recarving Rushmore on Presidents Day »

By Wendy Honett | Tuesday February 17, 2009 at 2:43 PM PDT | 0 Comments

Yesterday, C-SPAN2 Book TV aired our Jan. 7th policy forum on Recarving Rushmore. Thank you to Ron Paul and Richard Shenkman for participating in the event. Watch it here.

Tags: American History, Books, Civil Liberties, Constitution, Elections, Law, Personal Liberty, Politics, Presidential Power, The State, Video

In Defense of the (Relatively) Great Warren G. Harding »

By David Beito | at 12:52 PM PDT | 6 Comments

The latest ratings of presidential greatness tells us more about the priorities of historians than it does about the presidents. The following were rated as the greatest presidents: Lincoln, Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Harry Truman. There is merit to the high rating for Washington. As to the others, they include a...
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Tags: American History, Budget and Tax Policy, Civil Liberties, Constitution, Great Depression, Money and Banking, Personal Liberty, Presidential Power, War


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