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It used to be expected, roughly speaking, that the Congress wouldpass laws, the President would execute them, and the Supreme Courtwould interpret them in individual cases.

If we had to pick the thinkers more responsible than any other forplanting the intellectual roots of modern conservative thought, Ibelieve we would select Edmund Burke and Russell Kirk. They wereseparated by almost two hundred years but united in their adherenceto the priceless principle of ordered liberty.

Constitutional rhetoric in the process of governing educates America's citizens and serves as a barometer of what is on the national mind.

The celebration of the Fourth of July invites us to reflect on what it means to be an American citizen.   Today, such reflection is especially necessary, because the meaning of American citizenship has been distorted by ideology.   As I observe in a new First Principles paper for The Heritage Foundation, these distortions can be cured by referring to the thoughts of the American Founders. 

Judges are entitled to respect when asserting that a law is null and void only when they can back up such assertions with a persuasive explanation of how the law violates the meaning of the Constitution as it was framed and ratified.

Patriotic assimilation is the bond that allows America to be a nation of immigrants.

AI copywriters are getting a lot of attention from investors. A couple that have recently raised funding include Copy.ai and Copysmith. Now Scalenut is entering the arena with a $3.1 million funding round led by Saama Capital and Amit Singhal, formerly a senior vice president at Google and head of Google Search. Launched earlier this […]

SEO and content marketing startup Scalenut has raised $3.1 Mn in a funding round led by Saama Capital and Amit Singhal

The modern American conservative movement, which began taking on a distinct form in the 1950s, was always a pluralist grouping. Under its banner were marshalled, among others, traditionalists, classical liberals, social and religious conservatives, libertarians, national security hawks, and Southern agrarians. These groups disagreed about many things; nonetheless, they were bound together for decades by hostility to progressivism, the New Deal, and socialism; and by deep opposition to Communism ...

So could urban design help prevent the flooding patterns in Sydney, or at least mitigate their impact? Davies believes it will be difficult within existing urban settings or settlement patterns. “From a First Principles perspective, you dont develop in the floodplain for a start, which is certainly the approach thats now taken across Sydney.”