The English cleric and economist’s name is used to malign critics of progress. But historical context sheds a different light ...

No one uses“Malthusian” as a compliment.Since 1798, when the economist and cleric Thomas Malthus first published“An Essay on ...

“Were we fools then,” William Hazlitt asked in his essay about William Godwin, “or are we dishonest now?” Today, as the nation pays its final respects to Ronald Reagan, Hazlitt’s words come back to me ...

William Henry Godwin SUFFOLK – William Henry Godwin, 88, of the 5400 block of of Nansemond Parkway, died Saturday, Aug. 8, in Golden Living Center, Portsmouth. He was a native of Nansemond Co… ...

28 x 21.2 cm. (11 x 8.3 in.) An Inquiry Concerning Political Justice and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness. Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1793 FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 4to (280 x ...