By Nathaniel Brown on March 21, 2008
William F. Buckley, Jr., passed away on Wednesday, February 27th, marking the end of an era, as he was the preeminent intellectual of the post-Word War II American conservative movement. In recent years, the term “conservative” has lost an absolute definition, and competing factions have intensely debated its “true” meaning. At the close [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged March 2008, Volume VI Number V
By Nathaniel Brown on December 6, 2007
Eminent domain has a long running role in American history and has played a large part in the country’s shaping. Traditionally, it is defined as the power of the government to seize the private property of a citizen without the owner’s consent, provided the land goes to “public use.” The Fifth Amendment specifically states (in [...]
Posted in National | Tagged December 2007, Volume VI Number III
