Tag: "democracy"

The Plot Against Democracy

The Plot Against Democracy

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There’s no room in the Democrat Party for democrats.

Mount Rushmore with American Flag Background

Presidents Day Mea Culpa to Two Great Leaders

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We began to shrink from the dangerous blessing of liberty.

The Occupy Movement: A Report from Occupy Seattle, Part 2

The Occupy Movement: A Report from Occupy Seattle, Part 2

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What does Occupy Wall Street want?  Last week GOP Presidential candidate, Herman Cain stated, “nobody knows what their cause is. How are you going to assist them with a cause when you don’t know what the cause is?” Well, I’m not sure about the representativeness of the signs carried at camp-outs and marches during Occupy […]

Monarchy and the American Constitution

Monarchy and the American Constitution

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No matter how good a system is “on paper,” it must arise from a people’s own experience and tradition. We do not preserve the idea of tradition by destroying it — no matter how flawed it might be — and imposing an alien system. On the other hand, tradition is neither something fixed for all […]

Regalism versus Real Catholic Monarchy

Regalism versus Real Catholic Monarchy

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The Development of Regalism Regalism was a development of the late Middle Ages and early modern period that sought to centralize all power in the hands of the king. All social and economic institutions, even — or especially — the Church, were brought under royal control. This was the beginning of the modern “nation-state,” in […]

Why I Am a Monarchist

Why I Am a Monarchist

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The announcement that one is a monarchist is greeted with the same regard as the announcement that one has joined the Flat-Earth Society, or espouses geo-centrism, or has expressed a belief in a world only 6,000 years old, where God planted fossils in the ground just for fun. Politically, monarchism has a prestige just a […]