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Jeffery Tyler Syck

Jeffery Tyler Syck is an assistant professor of politics and the director of the Center for Public Service and Outreach at the University of Pikeville in his native Kentucky.

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A Proper Sense of History
A Proper Sense of History

Students today often view history as a fascinating but largely useless subject – the sort of thing you study for pleasure but not the most practical of activities.

Liberty, Self-restraint, and the Democratic Ethos
Liberty, Self-restraint, and the Democratic Ethos

Perhaps no other thinker is so ardently claimed by both conservatives and liberals as Alexis De Tocqueville.