In my Constitution class, the professor asked: “Could the British government have saved its North American provinces? What political or constitutional steps would it have taken? Failing that, would a military strategy…...
Category: Politics
Should There Be Term Limits?
As one of the founding fathers, John Adams wrote the following in his “Thoughts on Government”...
Montesquieu and the Nature of Political Societies
The following was submitted as work for “Creation of the Constitution” with Prof. Robert Allison in Harvard Extension School. Throughout history, Christians have believed that “every soul [should] be subject to higher…...
Respect is Earned
“A husband and father rules over wife and children, both free, but the rule differs, the rule over his children being a royal, over his wife a constitutional rule. For although there…...
Courage in Men and Women
“The courage of a man is shown in commanding, of a woman in obeying.” Aristotle, Politics In the modern discussion about the roles of men and women, we often focus on whether…...
How We Get Our Wealth
“There are two sorts of wealth-getting, as I have said; one is a part of household management, the other is retail trade: the former necessary and honorable, while that which consists in…...
Which Comes First?
“The state is by nature clearly prior to the family and to the individual, since the whole is of necessity prior to the part.” Aristotle, Politics...
NYTimes: America Is an Empire in Decline. That Doesn’t Mean It Has to Fall.
America Is an Empire in Decline. That Doesn’t Mean It Has to Fall. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/opinion/america-rome-empire.html?smid=nytcore-android-share...
The Need for Philosophy and Theology
God can be known, as God, through human philosophy, as Aristotle proved. What cannot be know by philosophy is God’s plan of redeeming man and bringing him to eternal life. This is…...