The following is a summary of the April/May 2020 issue of The St. Croix Review: Barry MacDonald, in “America the Beautiful, Part II,” writes that American liberty preceded American prosperity, and a Broad-based and sustainable American prosperity will not long survive the subjection of American liberty. Mark Hendrickson, in “How Much Should Government ‘Help the Economy’?” makes distinctions between emergency…

Our vision is to reawaken the genuine American spirit of living in a good, great, and growing nation of free-born individuals. Our mission is to uphold American liberty, prosperity, constitutional law, and humble government. America the Beautiful, Part II Barry MacDonald, Editorial “O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain!…

Hendrickson’s View Mark W. Hendrickson Mark Hendrickson is an economist who recently retired from the faculty of Grove City College, where he remains a Fellow for Economic & Social Policy for the College's Institute for Faith and Freedom. These articles are from The Epoch Times and The Institute for Faith and Freedom, an online publication of Grove City College. How…

The Divine Right of Kings   David L. Cawthon   David L. Cawthon was a Professor of Management at Oklahoma City University. He wrote a series of essays about the meaning of “leadership” to the philosophers of Western culture. David Cawthon’s essays were published in The St. Croix Review sixteen years ago. They are being republished because of their continuing…

Writers for Conservatives, 3: Scott Nearing on “Living the Good Life.” Jigs Gardner Jigs Gardner is an associate editor of The St. Croix Review. Jigs Gardner writes on literature from the Adirondacks, where he may be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The editor has chosen to republish this essay after 14 years because of its continuing relevance today in light of the…