July 21, 2017

Ignorance and the Decline of Responsible Government in America

Since at least the time of Julius Caesar's coup in 49 B.C., man has surrendered his freedom to various strongmen who have offered to compromise liberty in exchange for swift political results.  This tradeoff, a lapse in that "Spirit of ...

July 2, 2017

The New Struggle: Religion, Morality, and American Law

Until today, America has largely avoided the vicious church vs. state struggles which have so ravaged nations like France and Spain since the 1789 French Revolution. Western nations, from that time until today, have witnessed numerous political battl...

June 18, 2017

The Enlightenment: A Useful Myth

In his February New York Times column titled “The Enlightenment Project,” David Brooks examined the legacy of the Western Enlightenment and excoriated the supposed “anti-Enlightenment threats” which, he believes, are arrayed a...