Nov 16 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: Reasoned Argument versus Thought and Speech Suppression [Session 13] John S. Baker Reasoned Argument versus Thought and Speech Suppression REASONED ARGUMENT: THE COUNTER TO CANCEL CULTURE American Argument Prior to, During, and Following theFederalist-Antifederalist...
Nov 9 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: Replacing Natural Law with Positivism, Progressivism, and Social Darwinism [Session 12] John S. Baker Replacing Natural Law with Positivism, Progressivism, and Social Darwinism Session 12 Readings:Justice/Harvard Law Professor Holmes versus Justice/Harvard Law Professor Story.Woodrow Wilson, an accomplished public...
Nov 2 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: The Abolition Movement [Session 11] John S. Baker The Abolition Movement Session 11 Readings:Frederick Douglass and the United States Constitution by Noelle TrentAbraham Lincoln's Lyceum AddressThe Ethics of...
Oct 26 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: The Nullification Crisis [Session 10] John S. Baker The Nullification Crisis Session 10 Readings:Our Republican Constitution by Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Ch. 4Excerpts from Webster and Calhoun,...
Oct 19 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: After the War of 1812 to 1850 [Session 9] John S. Baker After the War of 1812 to 1850 Session 9 Reading:Great orators dominate Congress: Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. CalhounNovus Ordo...
Oct 12 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: Adams versus Jefferson and Madison [Session 8] John S. Baker John Adams and the Alien and Sedition Acts versus Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions (1798). Session 8 Readings:The Alien and Sedition ActsVirginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798)Novus Ordo Seclorum, Ch. 4,...
Oct 5 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: Washington’s Presidency [Session 7] John S. Baker Washington’s Presidency Session 7 Readings:Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) versus Thomas Paine, Rights of Man (1791)The Ethics of Rhetoric,...
Sep 28 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: Rights, Ratification, and Revolution [Session 6] John S. Baker Rights, Ratification, and Revolution REASONED ARGUMENT: THE COUNTER TO CANCEL CULTURE American Argument Prior to, During, and Following theFederalist-Antifederalist...
Sep 21 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: Declaration-related Rhetoric [Session 5] John S. Baker Declaration-related Rhetoric Session 5 Reading:Thomas Paine, Common Sense (January 1775) (Summary) versusJohn Adams, Thoughts on Government (April 1776);Patrick Henry, “Give...
Sep 14 2021 Video Event Videos Reasoned Argument Book Club: Colonial Courtroom Rhetoric [Session 4] John S. Baker Colonial Courtroom Rhetoric Session 4 Reading:James Otis and the Writs of Assistance, 1761 John Adams defense of the...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: Reasoned Argument versus Thought and Speech Suppression [Session 13]
John S. Baker
Reasoned Argument versus Thought and Speech Suppression
REASONED ARGUMENT: THE COUNTER TO CANCEL CULTURE American Argument Prior to, During, and Following theFederalist-Antifederalist...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: Replacing Natural Law with Positivism, Progressivism, and Social Darwinism [Session 12]
John S. Baker
Replacing Natural Law with Positivism, Progressivism, and Social Darwinism
Session 12 Readings:Justice/Harvard Law Professor Holmes versus Justice/Harvard Law Professor Story.Woodrow Wilson, an accomplished public...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: The Abolition Movement [Session 11]
John S. Baker
The Abolition Movement
Session 11 Readings:Frederick Douglass and the United States Constitution by Noelle TrentAbraham Lincoln's Lyceum AddressThe Ethics of...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: The Nullification Crisis [Session 10]
John S. Baker
The Nullification Crisis
Session 10 Readings:Our Republican Constitution by Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Ch. 4Excerpts from Webster and Calhoun,...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: After the War of 1812 to 1850 [Session 9]
John S. Baker
After the War of 1812 to 1850
Session 9 Reading:Great orators dominate Congress: Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. CalhounNovus Ordo...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: Adams versus Jefferson and Madison [Session 8]
John S. Baker
John Adams and the Alien and Sedition Acts versus Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions (1798).
Session 8 Readings:The Alien and Sedition ActsVirginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798)Novus Ordo Seclorum, Ch. 4,...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: Washington’s Presidency [Session 7]
John S. Baker
Washington’s Presidency
Session 7 Readings:Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) versus Thomas Paine, Rights of Man (1791)The Ethics of Rhetoric,...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: Rights, Ratification, and Revolution [Session 6]
John S. Baker
Rights, Ratification, and Revolution
REASONED ARGUMENT: THE COUNTER TO CANCEL CULTURE American Argument Prior to, During, and Following theFederalist-Antifederalist...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: Declaration-related Rhetoric [Session 5]
John S. Baker
Declaration-related Rhetoric
Session 5 Reading:Thomas Paine, Common Sense (January 1775) (Summary) versusJohn Adams, Thoughts on Government (April 1776);Patrick Henry, “Give...
Reasoned Argument Book Club: Colonial Courtroom Rhetoric [Session 4]
John S. Baker
Colonial Courtroom Rhetoric
Session 4 Reading:James Otis and the Writs of Assistance, 1761 John Adams defense of the...