let it burn

Adam Smith, the supposed “father of capitalism”, noted the deep cynicism of religion being used in pursuit of profit even earlier than Paine. ... Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith, p. 711. [↩] . The Highland Clearances, John Prebble, p. 63. [↩] . . ..

presidential personality and politics

Ellis argues that the approaches to political issues of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, and George Washington can have lessons for modern politics. ... In analyzing these exchanges, Ellis emphasized the temperamental differences between the two, the optimism of Jefferson and the..

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