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Conservatively Speaking, Consider Radical Centrism
Allow me to begin this week’s column with a brief thought experiment.
Jul 18
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Dennis Goldford
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Politically Speaking, Rural Rules
Recall the distinction between the introductory words of our two founding documents—our two constitutions, if you will.
Jul 11
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Dennis Goldford
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What’s Special about the Fourth of July?
Let’s take another look at the Declaration of Independence, so definitive of what it means to be an American.
Jul 4
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Dennis Goldford
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June 2025
Okay Democrats, It’s Your Turn in the Barrel
Readers of this column might ask why I haven’t spent as much time on the Democrats as I have on the Republicans.
Jun 28
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Dennis Goldford
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Apocalyptic Politics is the Death of Politics
Reading about the most recent politically or religiously motived shootings in Minnesota leads easily to despair about the state of our country.
Jun 20
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Dennis Goldford
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No, the Federal Government Is Not A President's Private Property to Do With As He Wishes
The Constitution is supreme—not the president.
Jun 13
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Dennis Goldford
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Sound Language and Sound Minds
In a column I posted last July, I explored the way political language is used for emotive and manipulative rather than cognitive and informative…
Jun 6
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Dennis Goldford
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May 2025
Whose Bible?
In Defense of Religious Pluralism
May 30
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Dennis Goldford
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Whose Bible?
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Constitution 101
During my active years at Drake University I taught a course I titled “The Political Theory of the American Founding,” in which we read not just the…
May 16
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Dennis Goldford
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Who Represents “We the People”?
It's a bit more complex than you might think
May 9
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Dennis Goldford
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Due Process: Our Safeguard Against Tyranny
The United States is a liberal democracy, which in political-theory terms means that the majority rules but not over everything.
May 2
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Dennis Goldford
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April 2025
Take Another Look at the Declaration of Independence
Just sayin’
Apr 25
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Dennis Goldford
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