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Magna Carta And The Birth Of The Rule Of Law

     The original Magna Carta, signed by the Barons and King John at Runnymede, celebrated it’s 800th birthday ten years ago. Along with the Charter of the Forest, they became the foundational documents of the Anglosphere and of American reverence for … Continue reading

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Redefining Terms And Natural Law

     Many a year a go, an intelligent and well read Catholic school teacher, who was politically Left-wing, said to me that “Social Justice” meant no more than the concepts that Thomas Aquinas discussed and anyone who had a problem with … Continue reading

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Wokeness vs. Classical Liberalism

     Liberals, Communists, and Woke totalitarians are often lumped together. But there are differences between Wokeness and Classical Liberalism, particularly when it comes to “systems of oppression” and the “false consiousness” that purportedly protects it which can only be overthrown through … Continue reading

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     Due to being abnormally busy over the next two weekends, there will be no “News of the Week” this upcoming Sunday or the Sunday thereafter.  Posting will otherwise be light.

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Secular Religiosity

     As of late, many “influencers” online have been using the phrase “Christ is King” as, ironically enough, an anti-Semitic shibboleth. It’s a clever, abet insidious, signifier as it leans into “Jews killed Jesus” hatemongering as the Motte while allowing them … Continue reading

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Give or take a few plugin related problems, the site seems to be back up and working for now.

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This blog is in the process of moving to a difference host/server, and will be down for a bit this month.  No new posts until then.

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For Whose Good: The Common vs. The Collective

     Many of those who call themselves “common good conservatives” seem less interested in the any good for the good shared by all American, and more interested in their collective group ruling over the other collective group in a dichotomic system, … Continue reading

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Breaking Free from Political Polarization?

     There have been many alternatives to the classic “political compass”. Bruce Pardy from the American Institute for Economic Research discusses just such an alternate view to the more familiar political compass, or simple Left/Right graph.

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Happy New Year!

     Have a Happy, and safe, New Year!      Enjoy a tasty beverage (or ten)!

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