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Articles by: Paul Kengor

It's the Spending, Stupid

We have failed to heed the lessons of economic history, with terrible consequences for our economy and country. And the...

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Reagan Stimulus vs. Obama Stimulus

Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared in USA Today. How ironic that as America debated its debt...

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Two Negotiators: Obama v. Reagan

"Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. Presidential scholars write on all sorts of aspects of the...

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Secret Memo That Predicted Soviet Collapse

Editor’s note: This article first appeared at National Review Online. It was 20 years ago this summer that the final...

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Could You Survive Another Great Depression?

I just read two very interesting articles on the U.S. economy, written from historical perspectives. They compelled me to share...

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Obama's 'Inalienables'

Eitor’s note: A longer version of this article appears at today’s American Thinker. Each time President Obama addresses America’s inalienable...

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Self-Government Demands Virtuous Populace

I encourage you to set aside the burgers and dogs and soda and beer for a moment this Fourth of...

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Chesterton's Stars & Stripes

"Lamenting that ‘the English have often forgotten the cross on their flag,’ Chesterton hoped that ‘the crossless flag’ of the...

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