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The First American Founder: Roger Williams and Freedom of Conscience Amazon.com: The First American Founder: Roger Williams and Freedom of Conscience eBook : Johnson, Alan E.: Kindle Store

MY ADDITIONAL BOOKS:

“The First American Founder: Roger Williams and Freedom of Conscience: www.amazon.com/First-Americ....

“The Electoral College: Failures of Original Intent and Proposed Constitutional and Statutory Changes for Direct Popular Vote: www.amazon.com/Electoral-Co....

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Political Philosophy and Ethics - Political Philosophy and Law: United States Constitution and Government Showing 1,301-1,305 of 1,305 1305 discussion posts. Alan said: PRESIDENTIAL WAR POWERSSee this March 5, 2026 gift article titled “How the Decision to Start a War Became the Preside...

For my additional analysis and reflections on this issue, see my comment at www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

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Read the Supreme Court’s Shadow Papers (Gift Article) Read 16 pages of internal deliberations from the Supreme Court that the New York Times has obtained, bringing the origins of the court’s “shadow docket” into the light.

For the actual documents referenced in this article, see www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (gift article).

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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

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Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate

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Election loss for Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán has ripple effects for Trump, US conservatives The big election over the weekend was in a small European country nearly half a world away from Washington, but the defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has significant reverberations in th...

apnews.com/article/orba... loss for Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán has ripple effects for Trump, US conservatives

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Hungary Just Ousted the Unoustable Viktor Orbán had support from Moscow and Washington, but not from his own people.

See also this excellent gift article in The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202....

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Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Defeat in Hungary’s Election

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

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Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI A growing number of U.S. college instructors are turning to oral exams to help combat an AI crisis in higher education.

INCREASING USE OF ORAL EXAMS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO COMBAT GENERATIVE AI.
See this March 25, 2026 AP article: apnews.com/article/coll....

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Hegseth Invokes Divine Purpose to Justify Military Might

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Review of Cass R. Sunstein’s "How to Interpret the Constitution" (Princeton University Press, 2023)

See my review at www.goodreads.com/review/show/....

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A premise of libertarian/anarchocapitalist ideology is that taxation is not necessary because people will voluntarily support causes supportive of the common good. This article seems to dash such hopes.

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The Billionaire Backlash Against a Philanthropic Dream

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/b...

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Free Will and Human Life Amazon.com: Free Will and Human Life eBook : Johnson, Alan E.: Kindle Store

My philosophical trilogy (“Philosophy and Human Life”):

“Free Will and Human Life” (2021): www.amazon.com/Free-Will-Hu...

“Reason and Human Ethics” (2022): www.amazon.com/Reason-Human...

“Reason and Human Government” (2026): www.amazon.com/Reason-Human...

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The Electoral College: Failures of Original Intent and Proposed Constitutional and Statutory Changes for Direct Popular Vote The Electoral College: Failures of Original Intent and Proposed Constitutional and Statutory Changes for Direct Popular Vote - Kindle edition by Johnson, Alan E.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Electoral College: Failures of Original Intent and Proposed Constitutional and Statutory Changes for Direct Popular Vote.

My second postretirement book: "The Electoral College: Failures of Original Intent and Proposed Constitutional and Statutory Changes for Direct Popular Vote" (2nd edition , 2021) (www.amazon.com/Electoral-Co...)

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The First American Founder: Roger Williams and Freedom of Conscience Amazon.com: The First American Founder: Roger Williams and Freedom of Conscience eBook : Johnson, Alan E.: Kindle Store

My first postretirement book was "The First American Founder: Roger Williams and Freedom of Conscience" (2015) (www.amazon.com/First-Americ...). Williams founded the town of Providence on the basis of full liberty of conscience and total separation of church and state.

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Political Philosophy and Ethics Study and discussion of the important questions of ethical and political philosophy from Confucius and Socrates to the present.Rules (see also the Rul...

In 2014, I founded an online discussion group called "Political Philosophy and Ethics; it currently has more than 6,000 members from all over the world. Those who are interested in these subjects are welcome to join at www.goodreads.com/group/show/1....

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