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This Professor Thinks Hunter-Gatherers Were Unfairly Oppressed By Elitist Grain-Growers
Anthropology professor James C. Scott’s book, ‘Against the Grain,’ offers an interesting, but ultimately unconvincing, revisionist historical analysis that discounts the role of farming in creating society as we know it.
The American Founders Knew A Virtuous Republic Requires Virtuous People
In his new book ‘The Political Theory of the American Founding,’ Thomas G. West argues the founding fathers emphasized natural rights and the need to actively create the moral conditions where freedom could flourish.