tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720566.post115652368415326136..comments2023-08-02T04:55:21.178-06:00Comments on the cynic librarian: Republic or Empire?Faustus and FrankenKittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02389715823183207761noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720566.post-1156533351184687842006-08-25T13:15:00.000-06:002006-08-25T13:15:00.000-06:00james, I'm as willing as anyone else to believe in...james, I'm as willing as anyone else to believe in resuscitating others' reputations. From what I understand from Pocock's comments, though, the source material does hsow some tension between Hamilton and Madison and Jefferson. And it was particularly over the idea of a strong executive with the types of powers that Bush appears to be exhibiting now. <BR/><BR/>My interest in this is not so much Faustus and FrankenKittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02389715823183207761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720566.post-1156531675133213262006-08-25T12:47:00.000-06:002006-08-25T12:47:00.000-06:00I wanted to comment here rather than at Glenn's si...I wanted to comment here rather than at Glenn's since it's so hard to avoid a melee over there.<BR/><BR/>Alexander Hamilton's reputation has been the victim of a 200 year old smear campaign. Read REon Chernoff's biography for a fresh look at the original sources, and I think you'll find two things. One, that Hamilton did push for a more monarchical system in the Consitutional Convention, but James W. Pharohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04973590650085722342noreply@blogger.com