Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story ""Toward A More Perfect Union: Lessons Learned--Or Not--Since September 11"" Before September 11, 2001, ""conservatives,"" ""Republicans,"" and ""libertarians"" said government was the enemy and that government programs to help people was the first step toward Stalinism. Suddenly, after the horrific events of that day, many of these people called for federal government action and subordinating individual rights to ""national interests."" As we approach September 11, 2002, we should discard sophomoric arguments over ""limited"" or ""expansive"" government. For as Founder James Madison admitted in Federalist Paper #37, the Founders chose broad words to reflect the compromises of the Founders themselves and that experience, not theory, is the best definer of our Constitution's meaning. For those who insist that the federal government must be strictly limited, consider: Alexander Hamilton, in 1791, said: ""(T)he general administration of the affairs of a country...ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good"" and that legislatures ""must of necessity (exercise) great latitude of discretion..."" James Madison, in Federalist Paper #10, wrote that the ""regulation"" of ""a landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests...forms the principal task of modern legislation..."" The Supreme Court, in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), unanimously stated: The Constitution is ""intended to endure for ages to come...and to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs. To have prescribed the means by which government should, in all future time, execute its powers...would have been...unwise..."" Am I arguing for a vision that only reflects the views of Hubert Humphrey and Ralph Nader? No--and that's the point. The Founders gave us the Constitution to debate the merits of public policy proposals, not place them outside the bounds of our discourse. Whether it is Medicare for all Americans or federal airport security, we must debate policy merits, not ivory tower theories of government. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp169.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-03-03