Dr. Robert R. Owens

Dr. Owens teaches History, Political Science, and Religion. He is the Historian of the Future @ drrobertowens.com Follow Dr. Robert Owens on Facebook or Twitter @ Drrobertowens / Edited by Dr. Rosalie Owens

Most Recent Articles by Dr. Robert R. Owens:

Why the Welfare State Isn’t Well and It Isn’t Fair October 24, 2014
The ends justify the means, and the rule of law is sacrificed in the name of social justice
Law vs Anti-Law October 16, 2014
How do we end this death spiral? How did Washington, Jefferson, and Adams do it?
Nobama October 9, 2014
Whether you agree with the president's new war or not the fact that he seems to learn everything from watching the news should be disturbing to anyone
Amnesty With Open Borders Equals National Suicide September 13, 2014
Once again the leadership of the right will embrace the left, reaching across the aisle in a bi-partisan enactment of America's Dia de Muertos to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
Don’t Worry, Be Happy September 4, 2014
Even the godless Communists turned to God when they were on the ropes. Don’t wait for the bell to ring before you surrender and win.
Why Worry When You Can Pray August 29, 2014
What is it that allows me to gaze daily at the man-caused disasters which befall us as we morph from our nation to the Obamanation without embracing the nihilism so common to the citizens of falling empires?
The Last Comic Standing August 9, 2014
Successor to Washington, Jefferson, Madison is doing a stand-up routine with one-liners such as, "So sue me," and "You're not going to get me impeached are you?"
Check and Mate July 31, 2014
Europe committed suicide in two fratricidal world wars. We have allowed hubris abroad and greed at home to lead us down the same path.
Why Have a Bill of Rights? July 25, 2014
What does matter is whether we are truly free or free only in name. Can we do what we want or can we merely do what is allowed?
Happy Days Are Here Again July 17, 2014
Once it was Morning in America and now it's mourning in America
Why Gridlock is a Good Thing May 30, 2014
The biggest hurdle we have in maintaining the safety of gridlock is that the Progressives have captured the leadership of both major parties
Why Do We Obey? May 22, 2014
In the face of continued abuse the timid grow bold, old habits are broken, and when respect is lost it is not easily regained.
Why Liberty Dies May 15, 2014
In our nation we have built a rather impressive framework to restrain the government: our Constitution.
Why Do They Lie to Us? May 10, 2014
The major media has morphed from a watchdog to a lapdog barking on cue that everything is all right, there’s nothing to see here, move along
Why Are the Republicans Committing Suicide? May 4, 2014
Something has gone drastically wrong with the greatest experiment in human freedom the world has ever seen.
Why Did We Write it in the First Place? April 26, 2014
The idea of a higher law which governs legislation is an old one.
Would We the People Ratify the Constitution Today? April 18, 2014
We are in the grip of the Federalists on steroids bent on redistributing their way to total power.
Yes, America Did Build That April 11, 2014
America’s first great contribution to the world: the concept of a written constitution.
You Say You Want a Revolution April 4, 2014
We’ve watched as our constitutionally limited government grew until today it’s a leviathan running amok like Godzilla in Tokyo smashing things and scaring boy scouts.
Yesterday’s Tomorrow is Today March 14, 2014
Change is accelerating as the interconnectedness of communication accelerates the cross-polarization of ideas
You Need Limits to be Free March 8, 2014
Anarchy does not bring freedom but neither does totalitarian control
You Should Ask Whose Property Is It February 28, 2014
If we want to recapture the future we have to recapture the present so we can recapture the past.
Why We Need Capitalists February 21, 2014
If we are to survive let alone thrive we have got to open the way for the innovator
Why Should the House Impeach President Obama? February 13, 2014
We, the lovers of freedom and the supporters of limited government cannot merely wait out the clock on the Obama presidency
Whose Responsibility is It? January 24, 2014
If nothing is ever your fault, if nothing is ever your achievement what does it matter what you choose or what you do?
Who Will Win the War Against Income Inequality? January 17, 2014
We will still call it the United States of America. We will still tell ourselves we are free, prosperous, and powerful, however, we may all be whistling in the wind.
What’s the Reason? January 10, 2014
Our virtue is embodied and defended in our traditions
Never the Twain Shall Meet December 20, 2013
In the development and discussion of liberty there are two strains which fit this description the English and the French
Liberty Makes Ignorance Necessary December 12, 2013
The ability to learn from and build upon the experience of others is the seedbed of innovation and the font of discovery
You Didn’t Build That December 5, 2013
Believing the lie that man is the measure of all things is the trap the utopians fall into: that man in and of himself has the capacity to control History