Francis Scott Key, the author of “The Star Spangled Banner,” on the duties of the Christian patriot: “The patriot who feels himself in the service of God, who acknowledges Him in all his ways, has the promise of Almighty direction, and will find His word in his greatest darkness ‘a lantern to his feet and […]
Category Archives: Politics
The twin perils of overreach and neglect.
In the Western world, and the United States of America, one can garner the sentiment that what David Polansky tenders above is profoundly true. One of the sad realities of the western world is much of it as devolved into a Panopticon Police State. This police state is acclimated to an “information overload” where it’s […]
I am an American
“The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism . . .” —George Washington I am an American by birth and citizenship. I am a native of Virginia, and I am proud of my country of birth, and a patriot. It was born in the […]
“Never Give Up” – Inspiring words from the President of the U.S. Donald John Trump
Aristopopulism
University of Notre Dame Political Science Professor, Patrick Deneen, elicited renown for his cultural-political critique of modern liberalism, entitled simply Why Liberalism Failed? In this lecture, Patrick Deneen presciently scans the future, and holds out hope for the prospect for an ennobled aristoi and a more refined populace. He concurrently acknowledges the persistence of class […]
‘Replace the Elites’
The journal First Things had an interesting review of Michael Lind’s The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite by Patrick J. Deneen entitled simply: ‘Replace the Elites’ “Then came the deluge. A combination of right- and left-libertarianism came to dominate both political parties. On the right, an anti-regulatory instinct justified an assault […]