John Quincy Adams

What the Framers Knew and Alan Greenspan Didn't

Eric Lane and Michael Oreskes | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

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Eric Lane and Michael Oreskes

The Framers did not ask people to rise above self-interest but instead expected them to pursue it. Pitting interest against interest, as Madison put it, is a way of ensuring liberty.

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Obama/Gore 2008

Norman MacAfee | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

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Norman MacAfee

Broken record here. The more I think about it, the more Al Gore seems the only really interesting choice for Barack Obama's vice presidential choice. ...

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