Jeffery Tyler Syck

Jeffery Tyler Syck is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pikeville in his native Kentucky.

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Henry Clay and the Problem of Politics

Few figures in American history have had as distinguished a political career as Henry Clay.

What Happened To Duty? 

Only with a strong sense of duty to our local communities are democracy and freedom truly possible

In Defense of Cold War Liberalism 

Hard to imagine why Yale University Press would publish Samuel Moyn’s new book when its narrative is so detached from reality

Slouching Towards Technocracy

The most essential political choice facing America today is between democracy and technocracy, and it is vital we choose the former.

Resuscitating Old Fashioned Social Liberalism 

For the last several years liberalism has seemed at risk of being added to the endangered ideologies list, perhaps soon…

Franklin Roosevelt and the Heart of Liberalism

Though the government cannot make us virtuous, our leaders can challenge us to be better than we often are.  

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