From the Lawton Constitution By James Finck, Ph.D. Most people think of the Declaration of Independence as the founding of America, but in many ways that is not true. Just because we declared it so, did not make it true. We first had to win a war against the greatest military power in the history … Continue reading ‘From the consent of the governed’
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Revisiting the end of History
From Lawton Constitution By James Finck, Ph.D. Historically, the 1990s stand out as a fascinating decade, the one immediately following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. For generations, political theorists had grown up in a world where “containment” defined foreign policy and shaped global strategy. With that structure … Continue reading Revisiting the end of History
1776 wasn’t just about independence
From the Lawton Constitution By James Finck, Ph.D. Mar 13, 2026 There is no argument that 1776 was a revolutionary year. The political ideas coming out of the American Revolution changed how people viewed government and inspired change around the world that continues to the present. It is easy to focus on those political changes … Continue reading 1776 wasn’t just about independence
Book Review: Skousen’s “The Big Three in Economics”
From Southwest Ledger To better understand economic thought, I decided to tackle Mark Skousen’s 2007 book “The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes.” Not written as an economics textbook but more of a biographical look into the lives of these three important men, Skousen also analyzed their economic philosophies. … Continue reading Book Review: Skousen’s “The Big Three in Economics”
Historically Speaking 