Upcoming Events

American Freedom Alliance Presents
The June Literary Cafe

The Anglosphere Challenge: Why the English-Speaking Nations Will Lead the Way in the Twenty-First Century
and

America 3.0: Rebooting American Prosperity in the 21st Century
Why America’s Greatest Days Are Yet to Come

 

by James C. Bennett
(Author appearance)

Monday, June 15, 2015 at 7:30 pm

Location:  1339 Roscomare Drive, Bel Air

Admission: $20.00 ( includes dessert reception)

Parking:  Street ( wear flat shoes.  Moderate climb on a long driveway to the meeting site.  For those who cannot walk this length, call the AFA office prior to the event for assistance)

About the Books

 

THE  ANGLOSPHERE CHALLENGE

​ Mr. Bennett shows how respect for the individual, and the effective separation of religious, political and economic powers have a very deep roots in the English-speaking world. Before the creation of Canada and the United States. before the English Civil War, before the Protestant Reformation,  perhaps even before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. In the roots of the English common law, we can find the fundamental principle of equal treatment before the law: male or female, lord or commoner. A virtuous circle ensued, freeing individuals from the constraints and predation of the powerful ... in ways impossible in continental Europe let alone other parts of the globe.The history (as opposed to the myths) of this era are eye-opening.

AMERICA 3.0: ​

According to author James Bennett, America’s greatest days are yet to come. 

We are in a painful transition period. Our government is crushingly expensive, failing at its basic functions, and unable to keep its promises. It does not work and it cannot continue as it is. But the inevitable end of big government does not mean the end of America. It only means the end of one phase of American life. 

America is poised to enter a new era of freedom and prosperity. The cultural roots of the American people go back at least fifteen centuries, and make us individualistic, enterprising, and liberty-loving. The ​f​

ounding generation of the United States lived in a world of family farms and small businesses, ​ This was ​

America 1.0. ​  ​This world faded away and was replaced by an industrialized world of big cities, big business, big labor unions and big government,​ hence,​

America 2.0. Now America 2.0 is outdated and crumbling, while America 3.0 is struggling to be born. This new world will bring immense productivity, rapid technological progress, greater scope for individual and family-scale autonomy, and a leaner and strictly limited government. 

America has made one major trasition already, and industrial America became an economic colossus. We are now making a new transition, which will surprise many Americans, and astonish the world.

About the Author:

James C. Bennett is a writer and entrepreneur. He was co-founder of two private space transportation companies and other technology ventures. He has written extensively on technology, culture, and society. He is best known for his writing on the concept of the Anglosphere, the emerging global community of English-speaking peoples. He is the author of The Anglosphere Challenge (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), The Third Anglosphere Century (Heritage Foundation, 2007), a former columnist for United Press International, and has contributed to The New Criterion, National Review, The National Interest, The New Atlantis, National Post (Canada), and The Daily Telegraph (London).