Christopher Clausen

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Whether in covered wagons or station wagons, Americans have always hit the road, driven by the belief that a better life lies over the hill and around the bend.

Moving: A Great American Tradition

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Wherever there's a debate over gay marriage, free speech, or even smoking in public places, the arguments John Stuart Mill made in “On Liberty” are still in the thick of the action.

John Stuart Mill's “Very Simple Principle”

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A century and a half after the first state seceded from the Union, a lively debate over what caused the Civil War continues. 

America's Changeable Civil War

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It’s hardly surprising that “most people” in the 1860s saw the war in terms of right and wrong; people engaged in warfare generally do. 

A Moral Question

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Liberals and conservatives alike wrap groupthink in the cloak 
of science whenever convenient. The results are seldom good.