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Allen Guelzo is a professor of history and director of the Civil War Era Studies Program at Gettysburg College and is the author of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America (Simon and Schuster, 2004).

March 14, 2018|Abraham Lincoln, David Waldstreicher, Originalism, Paul Finkelman, Slavery

The Constitution: A Pro-Slavery or Anti-Slavery Document?

by Allen Guelzo|16 Comments

The U.S. Constitution (Derek Hatfield / Shutterstock.com)

The most telling evidence in the debate over slavery in the Constitution is how the pro-slavery forces responded to Lincoln's election.

Remembering an Aristotelian Radical: Henry Veatch and Rational Man

by Douglas B. Rasmussen

Veatch sees human beings as part of a natural order that is not ultimately constructed by humans but is nonetheless knowable and open to human flourishing.

Restoring the Tools of Liberal Learning

by Timothy Fuller

In Liberty Fund's first published book, Education in a Free Society, liberal learning is shown to be the foundation of liberty.

Getting Right with Nationalism: A Conversation with Yoram Hazony

A discussion with Yoram Hazony

Yoram Hazony discusses why nationalism produces a politics of freedom, prosperity, and peace.

The Peronist Pope Francis: A Conversation with Daniel Mahoney

A discussion with Daniel J. Mahoney

Daniel Mahoney discusses Pope Francis's approach to the papacy and world politics.

Liberalism as Armed Doctrine: A Conversation with Philip Hamburger

A discussion with Philip Hamburger

Philip Hamburger joins us to discuss his new book Liberal Suppression

How Prosperity Is Improving the World of Work: A Conversation with John Tamny

A discussion with John Tamny

John Tamny on the positive evolution of work under economic growth.

South Africa Steers Towards Ruin

The problem is that those in whose name the expropriations take place starve to death afterwards.
by Theodore Dalrymple
Protecting Traditional Rights with the Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments

Michael Rappaport on how Hayek's use of the Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments supports traditional rights - and originalism.
by Mike Rappaport
The Oxymoron of Judicial Independence in Authoritarian Polities

Authoritarian rulers need to implement laws as much as non-authoritarians do, and that means judges have more independence than you might think.
by James R. Rogers
Getting Right with Nationalism: A Conversation with Yoram Hazony

Yoram Hazony discusses why nationalism produces a politics of freedom, prosperity, and peace.
by Yoram Hazony
Rip Van Winkle and the Spirit of ’76

Storytelling offers an underappreciated ground for defending liberty, and Washington Irving's classic story still offers rich lessons.
by Elizabeth Amato

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