Men always want more power. Separation of powers, as Montesquieu laid it out, is a means of playing this cupidity against itself. The American implementation is not so focused on the balancing of classes as Montesquieu was (albeit some element
Three articles in a single go. The last three articles in Islander 5 we’ll take at a go, because (1) this series has gotten long enough (if I repeat it with #6, it’ll be less comprehensive) and (2) I have
Christian nationalist or not, that’s the Bible’s teaching. The Presbyterian Church of America is the largest Christ-accepting Presbyterian denomination in America, and it is the denomination I am currently a member of, in the institutional sense. The PCA is also
Perhaps it is strange that I, a Tennessean and an American, should write my first candidate-specific political article on a British politician like Rupert Lowe. At any rate, I’ve been following British politics for a while now, seeing their tailspin
Yes, absolutely. It is indisputable that Reformed Christianity does not hold the levers of power in any Western country. Christians of some stripe pop up in many governments; Catholics sit on the US Supreme Court, though unfortunately not, so far
Who is this King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle! – Ps. 24:8 In these days of renewing war, many a man feels himself equipped with the secret to military success, the tech or
All 7 posts Six Answers for Kevin DeYoung on ‘Christian Nationalism’ (I) A good article, with questions I can answer What is Christian Nationalism? I pinned a question something like that to the top of my X account for a while (and
Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book II: Of the Rights of Things commences with a brief discussion of the origin of property. Therein he states, quite rightly, that the Dominion Mandate of Genesis 1:28 is “the only true
As per last week, the universal man does exist, for we must have a universal which the word ‘man’ refers to. The universal man does not exist, inasmuch as (contra liberalism) men are not interchangeable without regard for their history
“In all the long wars with the Dark Tower, treason has ever been our greatest foe.” In the modern world, we have plenty of dark forces to point to. Child murderers to the left of me; warmongers to the right;