Return to Papers and Writings by David B. Timmins

Contents

On Pure Theory  

1. Hobbes and Locke: The Antipodes of Political Thought

2. Charles Kingsley and Christian Socialism in Great Britain

3. AIPOTU -- Utopia Revisited

4. The Theory of the Corporate State Revisited

5. On Democracy and Autocracy

6. Nor Doth the State Live by Bread Alone: An Argument for a Broader Definition of
the Public Interest


On Applied Theory

7. Perspective on Censorship in Democracies in Today's World

8. Post-Maastricht Perspective on Political Progress Within the European Union

9. Texas: Lone Star State or Five Sisters?

10. Location Theory and U.S. foreign Policy

11. Cincinnatus, Augustus, and $135,000 Congressmen

12. Flag Burning and Legislation by Constitutional Amendment

13. Organizational Structure, Personnel Attributes, and Policy Formation in the U.S. Department of State

14. RENATO: Thoughts on Post-Gorbachev Defense Policy

15. The Decline of U.S. Society -- A Misleading Assessment

16. A Proposal for Creating a "Kitchen Cabinet" Advisory Council for the UN Secretary
General Consisting of Former Chiefs of State of Permanent Security Council Members

17. A Proposal for Making Former U.S. Presidents (and perhaps Secretaries of State and Defense) Ex-officio Senators Following Their Terms of Office

18. Comments on the Notion of a Line Item Veto

19. Thoughts Regarding Constitutional Reform to Permit the United States to Endure Into the
Next Century

20. Proposal for a New Format for Campaign Debates and Convention Talks

21. Frank Cannon: Utah's First Senator. A Brief Note

22. German Reunification, Berlin, and the Question of Frorntiers

23. Immigration Law Reform: Some Action Proposals

24. A Radical Proposal for a National ID Card to Control Illegal Immigration (and about
everything else)

25. On Statehood for the District of Columbia

26. The Theory of Transborder, Inter-Regional Free Trade Areas


Letters

27. Proposal to South African Prime Minister Pik Botha re Idea on How to Include Blacks in Government

28. To Senator Orrin Hatch re Aversive Conditioning and Other Ideas for Judicial Reform

29. To Ross Perot re Need for a Constitutional Convention

30. To Editor of the International Herald Tribune About Why UN Dues are Not Optional

31. To National Security Advisor Brent Scocroft Putting Forward a Commonwealth
Approach for Resolving the Risks Attending the Breakup of the Soviet Union.

32. To Republican National Committee Forwarding Copy of Paper on Party Convention Forrmat

33. To International Herald Tribune Identifying the Filibuster as a Glory of the American System

34. To Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch re Constitutional Amendments & Reform of the Judiciary Branch of Government

35. To Senator Orrin Hatch re Need for an Interstate Connection Between Flagstaff & Kanab

36. To British Prime Minister John Major re Optimum Currency Area

37. To Canadian P.M. Jean Chretien re Ideas for Tieing Quebec to Rest of Canada

38. To The Economist re Article Discussing Abolition of the House of Lords

39. To Senator Orrin Hatch re Judicial Reform

40. To Editor of Newsweek re Differing Notions of What Constitutes Fair Representation

41. On Terrorism

Return to Papers and Writings by David B. Timmins