Tag Archives: founding fathers

Just Who Fears Democracy? On the Need to Update the American Republic

By , March 14, 2012 in Richter Scale

How have today’s Europeans turned out to be the real practitioners of the American notion of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”?

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Turning Toward Asia? A Reality Check for Hillary Clinton

By , November 4, 2011 in Richter Scale

Is boastful U.S. rhetoric indicative of a desire to cling to a world that is no longer in reach?

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Default and the Sectarian Temptation: America’s Achilles’ Heel

By , August 4, 2011 in Globalist Analysis

How has sectarianism caused the United States to run suicidal risks — repeatedly and unnecessarily?

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The Jihad of America’s Founding Fathers

By , March 14, 2011 in Globalist Bookshelf

Why is the tension between the United States and the Muslim world far from a recent development?

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America: Populist Before It Was Capitalist

By , November 3, 2010 in Globalist Analysis

Do free-market principles often face a tougher battle in the United States than in supposedly socialist Europe?

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