May 31st, 2017
Category: Miscellaneous
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/john-paton-davies-foreign-policy-prophet/ A Prophet Remembered John Paton Davies’ memoir, China Hand, was posthumously published, to some critical acclaim, several years ago. His name is usually bracketed with other, more left-wing ‘defrocked diplomats’ of the Mc Carthy period, including O. Edmund Clubb, Owen Lattimore, and John Stewart Service. The later lives of these folk are mostly remembered […]
April 17th, 2017
Category: Miscellaneous, Publications, The Right
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/17-rules-for-foreign-interventions/ 17 Rules for Foreign Interventions Lessons from America’s lost wars By George Liebmann April 17, 2017 After trillions of dollars spent, thousands of dead and wounded, and the creation of myriad new terrorist enemies, Washington could learn a few lessons when considering future interventions. 1. Do not attempt to establish […]
February 21st, 2016
Category: Culture Wars, Judiciary and Legal Issues, Miscellaneous, State and Local Politics, Urban Affairs
A Statue that Must Remain by George W. Liebmann Baltimore Sun, February 20, 2016 In its editorial supporting the removal of the memorial to Chief Justice Taney in Mount Vernon Place, the Sun referred to the Dred Scott decision as Justice Taney’s “best known achievement in life” as though the monument was […]
August 25th, 2015
Category: Culture Wars, Judiciary and Legal Issues, Miscellaneous, Religion, State and Local Politics, The Right, Urban Affairs, Welfare and Other Social
The state of the parties By George W. Liebmann Baltimore Sun Online AUGUST 21, 2015, 10:17 AM Twenty–five years ago, an eminent legal scholar, the late Philip Kurland, suggested that the tone of American politics was reminiscent of that in inter-war continental Europe. Democrats devote themselves to appeals on lines of race, gender, and nationality. […]
July 22nd, 2015
Category: Culture Wars, Miscellaneous, Religion
Political Pitfalls and Dreadful Demographics Achieving a lasting peace between the Israelis and Palestinians will require, among other things, two moves that should have been made long ago. July 15, 2003 by George W. Liebmann Two important causes of the continuing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians do not receive sufficient attention. The first is […]
July 22nd, 2015
Category: Miscellaneous
Reading Between the Lines Hillary Rodham Clinton, Living History (Simon and Schuster, 2003), 562 pages, $28 American Outlook, December 15, 2003 by George W. Liebmann This campaign autobiography is Mrs. Clinton’s effort to establish that she knows “how Congress really works” and that she “developed relationships with foreign leaders.” In her acknowledgments, buried at the […]
July 9th, 2015
Category: Miscellaneous
Liebmann and Shively,P.A.:Local Government and Education Law Home Hamdan and the Law Federalism and Criminal Law Creating Community in Planned Communities (Conference) Common Law Tradition: A Collective Portrait (On-line Lecture) Review of Victor Klemperer, The Lesser Evil: Diaries 1945-1969 Review of Sarah Binder, Stalemate: The Causes and Consequences of Legislative Gridlock Review of Gabriel Schoenfeld, […]
March 23rd, 2015
Category: Culture Wars, Miscellaneous, Religion, Society/Family/Community/Religion, Urban Affairs, Welfare and Other Social
“Confirm Thy Soul in Self-Control, Thy Liberty in Law” from M. Pearlstein (ed.), Fragmented Families and Silence of the Faithful (2015) By George W. Liebmann In addressing the problems presented by fragmented families, religious institutions must first strengthen themselves. There was a time when the ministry was considered one of the three great learned professions, […]
October 23rd, 2014
Category: Budget, Education, Efficiency in Government, Miscellaneous, Publications
Expanding Distance Learning in Maryland Schools A Comparative Analysis of Distance Learning in Maryland and Other States by Nicholas Schwaderer Calvert Institute for Policy Research 8 West Hamilton Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Tel: (410) 752 5887 Contents 1 MARYLAND ONLINE EDUCATION […]
August 12th, 2014
Category: Miscellaneous, Press Hits
The Institute’s Executive Director’s Pratt Library talk on his book The Last American Diplomat was broadcast on C-Span2’s Book Week on Saturday August 9 at 8:45 p.m. and will be re-broadcasted on Sunday August 17 at 2 p.m.