It's in the writings of Progressive Founding Father Woodrow Wilson, who showed racist movies in the White House. He ultimately proved so unpopular and his view of government went into such disrepute that progressives had to disguise themselves by commandeering the "liberal" label. I learned this separately from both William F. Buckley and Eric Goldman, in his famous book that won the Bancroft Prize in 1953.
Scott Johnson, reading Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism by Ronald J. Pestritto, writes, "[T]he intellectual roots of modern liberalism lie in an assault on the ideas of natural rights and limited government." (HT)
Scott Johnson, reading Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism by Ronald J. Pestritto, writes, "[T]he intellectual roots of modern liberalism lie in an assault on the ideas of natural rights and limited government." (HT)
I remember this being raised during the first Bush presidency when
Clarance Thomas was nominated to the Supreme Court. Libs were then up in
arms over Thomas's quaint belief in their being natural law, you know,
the stuff in the Declaration of Independence. Inalienable rights and all
that.
Thomas has now written an opinion for the ages in the Chicago gun case, in which the right to keep and bear arms is just such an inalienable right, much to the chagrin of Progressives.
Thomas has now written an opinion for the ages in the Chicago gun case, in which the right to keep and bear arms is just such an inalienable right, much to the chagrin of Progressives.
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