Originally Published Here on Truthwire The principle of constitutionally limited government might as well not exist, to hear most politicians talk. The question is not ‘What do I have the authority to do?’ but ‘What do I have the power
Originally Published Here on Truthwire Should Xi Jinping get a vote in American elections? The question is laughable. Of course he shouldn’t. People who live outside the United States, who have no part in our culture or history, who have
Originally Published Here The right of the citizen to his own self defense is fundamental to the American system and the Tennessean way of life. It is so fundamental, so accepted as part of the conservative credo, that it may
Originally Published Here on Truthwire Ancient Rome worshiped the Imperator, and ancient Egypt worshiped the Pharaoh. Modern North Korea worships Kim Jong Un. The rationale has little complexity to it. These rulers were or are men of immense power, relative
Originally Published Here on Truthwire (with extra context) Montgomery County, Maryland, is not the textbook conservative county. With 11% employed by the federal government and another 9% by local government, its demographic suggest rather the opposite- as does its proximity
There’s been some buzz of late vis a vis the American national debt. Fiscal conservatives, including some brands of libertarians, are all against expanding it. Most people will admit to being less than ecstatic over enlarging the debt, even though
The problem of the world is that it doesn’t cultivate righteousness. Modern society is, as I laid out last week, hostile to God, hostile therefore to healthy relationships between men. This isn’t unusual, historically, but it still means we need
Originally Published on Truthwire, Here The Supreme Court enacted its annual dump of cases not that far back, and amidst all the furor, one bit of news stood out to many: Trump v CASA brought an end to the national injunctions issued
It is the long-fostered ambition of mankind to find the ultimate principle by which he may bring the right order to the world, the principle by which he may order reality to his own benefit. This is the essence of
This is Part Two of a series (I, II) on the origination of fascism and communism within liberalism. Last week we considered the nature of philosophical-intellectual lineages, introduced the two liberalisms, and defined fascism and communism. We pick up this