Politics
The 1970s: The Transformative Decade for the United States and Israel
How the Yom-Kippur War lit the fuse that ended in the United States and Israel’s close relationship today.
History
History
Where Have All The Good Cars Gone?
Why Chevrolets are no longer driven in Tokyo.
History
Our American Political Tradition - A Response to Aaron Renn
From Washington and Hamilton to Lincoln and McKinley, from Federalism to the American School to the America First Committee, the American Political Tradition has been Nationalism in everything but name.
Brooks Adams
The Law of Civilization and Decay by Brooks Adams
"Wherever civilization has reached the point at which energy expresses itself through money, faith must be subordinate to the representative of wealth"
Jared Eliot
Essays on Animal Husbandry by Jared Eliot
"He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity."
Alexander del Mar
History of Monetary Systems by Alexander del Mar
“[M]onuments had come to be regarded only as so much bullion, and every provincial governor or barbarian king would be tempted to reduce them to metal, in order that, upon recoining them, his own upstart image might shine in the glass that had once reflected a Romulus, a Caesar”
Charles Francis Adams Jr.
Railroads: Their Origin and Problems by Charles Francis Adams Jr.
"The railroads have had a profound effect on American society. They have made possible the growth of a national market, and they have helped to create a more unified nation. They have also had a major impact on the development of cities and towns."
Forest Hill
Roads, Rails, & Waterways: The Army Engineers and Early Transportation by Forest G. Hill
"Transportation is the lifeblood of a nation. Without adequate transportation facilities, no country can achieve its full economic potential."
Alexander del Mar
A History of Monetary Crimes by Alexander del Mar
"No metal, as such, can measure value with precision or equity. This is what Money alone can effect; and if there were no question of policy in the matter, I should advocate a monetary system independent of metals."