Tag: Government
Natural Law and the Morality of Man
But men are not angels, so what should governments be based on so they may prevail against the mortal man? They must be based on unchangeable truths, or else it is one man’s word against another.
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The Pros and Communists of working hard and hardly working
Success as a general rule attends him who is vigilant and active and who is careful to obey all the laws of nature.
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Panem et Circenses
At almost 500 years old, the Romans had the longest-lasting republic the world has ever known. As such, it had a violent death. When the Republic
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Are we Anxiously Engaged in the Cause of Freedom?
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against power, against rulers of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
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The Compatibility of Virtue and Liberty
There is a principle stronger than force, that of virtue.
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The Taming Of The Shrew: What I’ve Learned About Tyranny
The Taming Of The Shrew is a Shakespeare play famous for sexism and abusive husbands. Outdated,...
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Government – Protect? Or Serve?
Governments are established to protect the rights of the governed because rights are essential in maintaining freedom and choice, freedom is key in following righteousness and morality (i.e. God’s commandments) for individuals and for nations, and following righteousness and morality is what leads us to true liberty.
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“I Love America” – What Defines America
What do we mean when we say “I love America”? What is America?
Land? People? Government? History? Opportunity? Or maybe our Founding Documents?
If only men were angels
“If Men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and the next place, oblige it to control itself.”
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Modern Monetary Theory and the U.S. Economy
The theory states that large governments (like the U.S.) that issue their own currency don’t have to follow budget constraints on spending because they can always print more money to service the interest on their debt and pay down the principal.
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Masks: How far should we go?
When Nazi Germany was just beginning, they didn’t just suddenly go kill the Jews. Instead, they started by making them wear stars. Then they started to take their bikes. They kept taking little baby steps until they were to the point where they could kill millions of Jews without getting major pushback from German citizens.
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