Americanism Educational League

Robert Barbera, Chairman of Americanism League, announced the topic of the 26th Private Enterprise Essay Contest sponsored by the
Americanism Educational League
and the Pilgrim Foundation:

Has the Supreme Court been a positive or negative influence on America since 1950?
or
Should the FCC “Fairness Doctrine” be re-established?

For more information and entry forms,
visit the 2008 Essay Contest

AEL salutes the winner of our 2007 contest:
Matthew Stupp of New York University

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China Preparing for War and Few Notice

By Pastor Chuck Baldwin,
Radio talk show host

Ever since President Richard Nixon entered into détente with the communist regime in China, America has doggedly assisted in the commercial and military buildup of the Marxist nation. Both Republican and Democratic administrations have mollycoddled the Red Chinese to the point that now they have grown big enough to cause serious concern. (Continue reading.)

Allievating the Organ Shortage

By Lawrence W. Reed,
president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy -- Midland, Michigan

When the French social commentator Alexis de Tocqueville visited a young, bustling America in the 1830s, he was amazed to discover that its industrious and self-reliant citizens were constantly forming "associations" to advance the arts, build libraries and hospitals, and meet social needs of every kind. If something good needed done, Americans of that day rarely expected politicians and bureaucrats, who were distant in both space and spirit, to do it for them. In Democracy in America, Tocqueville wrote, "If men are to remain civilized, or to become more so, the art of associating together must grow and improve." (Continue reading.)

What Do Farmers Want from Me?

By Russell Roberts,
professor of economics at George Mason University

You'd think in a democracy that the greater the number of people on your side of an issue, the more likely it will be that you'll get your way. But it ain't necessarily so. As Mancur Olson, Gary Becker, and others have pointed out, in politics, small is often beautiful. (Continue reading.)

The Birth of a Capitalist

By Dean Russell,
author of "Frederic Bastiat: Ideas and Influence"

When the new superintendent came to the orphanage where I was reared, he found that we kids were not allowed to earn or have any spending money. So one of the first things he did was to tell us that if we were able to earn any money in our spare time, we could keep it or spend it as we pleased. We listened. But since none of us knew how to go about earning extra money, nothing happened. Then one 15-year-old boy had a brilliant idea. (Continue reading.)

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