Matthew A. Roberts, Author at The American Spectator

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Matthew A. Roberts writes from Parkville, Missouri.

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A Republic, If You Can Keep It

by Matthew A. Roberts | Dec 2, 2008

Defending the Republic: Constitutional Morality in a Time of Crisis; Essays in Honor of George W. Carey Edited by Bruce P. Frohnen & Kenneth L. Grasso (ISI Books, 352 pages, $30) “A republic,” voiced Scipio in Cicero’s Republic, “is the…