I appreciate Ohio Representative Jim Jordan’s exposure of the arbitrary nature of the repressive policies currently foisted upon the American people in the name of “public health.” In this exchange, Representative Jordan stumps Dr. Anthony Fauci by asking when, and on what objective basis, Americans can expect to get our liberty back: As we canContinue reading “Asking Questions”
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The Slothful Tyrant
In the first volume of Democracy in America, Tocqueville warns us about a new and sinister form of oppression to which modern democratic peoples are susceptible: “the tyranny of the majority.” In olden times, abusive rulers used harsh punishments to coerce their subjects, and even just rulers were surrounded by flatterers seeking to harness publicContinue reading “The Slothful Tyrant”
Withstanding Cephas, Standing With Peter
When Cephas was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. Galatians 2:11 “The Great Reset” is the brainchild of Klaus Schwab, “a German economist and founder of the [World Economic Forum], an annual gathering of high-level business and political leaders that since 1971 has usually met inContinue reading “Withstanding Cephas, Standing With Peter”
Where our Cancel Culture is Headed (No Pun Intended)
In his treatise On Kingship (hard copy here), St. Thomas Aquinas echoes the wisdom of the ancients regarding international trade. Since political society exists to perfect human nature, each society must obtain sufficient resources to sustain a good life, and commerce will therefore prove indispensable. Excessive enthusiasm for trading, on the other hand, poses twinContinue reading “Where our Cancel Culture is Headed (No Pun Intended)”
Counseling Capitalism
“That invidious word, ‘capitalism,’” Irving Kristol reminds us, “was invented by European socialists about a half-century” after the publication of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. Although the term is now lovingly embraced by proponents of free enterprise, it has never ceased to carry negative connotations, even to souls disinclined towards socialism. Kristol recognizes that, inContinue reading “Counseling Capitalism”
"His Tongue shall Speak Judgment" 