Stormfields

Paul Rahe’s De Tocqueville

From a response, “Republican Virtue, Democratic Spirit,” delivered on April 7, 2009, at Hillsdale College to Paul Rahe’s excellent work on Alexis De Tocqueville. Thank you, Professor Schlueter for organizing this and for inviting me to speak.  Thank… Read More

Tocqueville: Aristocracy and Soft Despotism (Full Lecture)

Democracy in America, Part I (Full Lecture)

Syllabus: Jacksonian America, Fall 2016

H302: “Jacksonian America” aka Democratization of America, 1807-1848 Meeting Times: Tuesday/Thursday, Lane 124, 9:30-10:45 Instructor: Professor Bradley J. Birzer Office: Delp 403   Description Probably no generation after the American founding had a more diverse range of powerful… Read More

The Glories of Civic Associations in a Republic

“SERVICE THE ONE GREAT IDEAL” by President Warren G. Harding [Address before the Rotary International Convention, Coliseum, St. Louis, Mo., June 21, 1923, 4:30 p. m.] *** Mr. Chairman and Fellow Rotarians: If I ever make another application… Read More

Jacksonian America: Course Description

Excited to announce that I’ll be teaching a favorite (well, to me, anyway) course: Jacksonian America (H302) this coming fall semester. Description Probably no generation after the American founding had a more diverse range of powerful personalities—John Quincy… Read More

University Bookman (Summer 1972), full issue

Summer 1972: articles about local schools; a Spanish de Tocqueville; and Mortimer J. Adler. university bookman (summer 1972)