What does a nation owe its military veterans? Gratitude, esteem, land grants, medical care, pensions, higher education? Or is serving in the armed forces of one’s country an obligation to be undertake
"What does a nation owe its military veterans? Gratitude, esteem, land grants, medical care, pensions, higher education? Or is serving in the armed forces of one's country an obligation to be undertak
In the American mind, state subsidization of writers and artists was long associated with monarchies and, in later years, socialist states. The support these regimes gave to intellectuals was understo
Bennett presents readers with a comprehensive examination of the development of and controversies surrounding the federal programs that directly benefit intellectuals, writers, and various other kinds
Citing the effectiveness of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) of 1995, as equal to posting the Sixth Commandment in a strip club, Bennett spotlights the unfunded federal mandate--popular with bo
Federal patronage of science was never contemplated by the framers of the Constitution, but they did seek to “promote the Progress of Science and useful Art” by granting inventors patent rights. Howev
This work assesses, with scholarly scrupulousness and irreverent wit, the ways in which the American male is being blamed, castigated, slandered, emasculated, and just plain harassed for a multitude o
A direct consequence of the War on Terror launched after the attacks of September 11, 2001 is an awareness of the need for homeland security. This war is being used to justify a huge expansion of gove
"If awards were given for informed bravery, James Bennett would be on the short list for one. His Tax-Funded Politics exposes the greed and political corruption running rampant in the most sacred of A
