Dictators and Republics (Part I of III)
Given the seizure of so many powers by the executive branch these past seven years, this is probably not the best time to examine the ancient office of dictator. But,… Read more »
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Bernie’s One Man One Vote
Last Tuesday, a Breitbart News column carried a few choice comments from the winner of the Vermont democratic primary, Bernie Sanders. He touted the centuries old tradition of New England-style… Read more »
Islam and the 1st Amendment
Are the tenets and practices of islam protected by the religion and free speech clauses of the 1st Amendment? No. First, no right is unlimited to the point of denying… Read more »
About the Legal and the Just
Modern Leftists have used and abused the term “justice” in too many ways to count. Whether it’s social justice or environmental justice or any one of a plethora of other… Read more »
Algernon Sidney – Republican Martyr II
As an observer and polemicist of the civil society, any civil society, few can surpass Algernon Sidney. Popularly derived governments are associated with occasional tumults and disorders. The people are… Read more »
An Elective Despotism
It’s no secret that over recent decades vast powers once held by the states and Congress swirled into the Executive branch. No matter the name or the party, the next… Read more »