John Locke

Early Republic by Last Best Hope of EarthMarch 8, 2016March 1, 2016

America in 1815: The Jeffersonian Republicans

The Republican ideology, created and led by Jefferson, manifested itself in the generation after the Founding Fathers.

The Revolution by Last Best Hope of EarthDecember 26, 2015December 27, 2015

A First Principle of Free Government

The separation of powers in the government of the United States has “come to define the very character of the American political system.” Gordon Wood, The Creation of the American Republic: 1776-1787, 151.

The Revolution by Last Best Hope of EarthDecember 2, 2015

Infancy, Manhood, and Decline

The political spirit of the colonies in the 1700s, while unfamiliar in many respects, has parallels to the modern political landscape in America. The colonies political thought was closer to Niccolo Machiavelli and Montesquieu, rather than John Locke. The colonists generally “did not conceive of society in rational, mechanistic terms; rather society was organic and […]