Ned Ryun Concludes (for now) his Series on the Constitutional Convention:
In this episode:
- A look back on the series.
- A comparison to W.B. Yates’ The Second Coming.
- Macro view of original intent and the Founding Fathers.
- A critique of modern “Progressives.”
- Where we are going as a nation and how we should get there.
Podcast: Play in new window
| Download
Tags: Abraham Kuyper, Alexis de Tocqueville, Benjamin Franklin, Constitution Day, Democracy in America, Federalist 51, James Madison, Netherlands, Preamble, Progressives, Self Government, Separation of Powers, The Second Coming, Utopian Statists, W.B. Yates
This entry was posted by nedryun
on Monday, September 14th, 2009 at 3:43 pm and is filed under History of the Constitutional Convention.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
About The Author
I’m very sad your series has ended. I’ve awaited the next episode each week, and the podcast was usually the first I listened to that first morning. The accounts of the participants and the debates were always fascinating. One technical point: fade out the theme music in the beginning, and fade in at the end. The abrupt end sounds unprofessional.
However, this last episode was uncharacteristically partisan, at least for the program itself. Instead of pitting the US Constitution against a progressive straw man, I would have stressed the sui generis origins of the document, that you have discussed. The experiences and erudition of these statesmen led to a new direction for political science, and modern schools of interpretation cannot claim any part of it. Progressivism is as alien to the Constitution as Burkean conservatism. Social contract theorists are equally wrong-footed. Simply pointing out the document’s uniqueness would have been a great service.
I hope you return, though, to point out the errors in the document, such as were revealed during the 1800 election. A series on the amendments would be illuminating.
Thank you.
I can’t access the Podcasts via iTunes from the Website. Any advice?
Many thanks, Bill