1,000 words Of all the many threats to the republican form of government, one stands clear above all else: The idolatry of ideology....

In the typical modern mindset, monarchy is something antiquated, an institution of those fabled “Dark Ages,” which humanity has allegedly...

1180 words “I found the crown in the gutter. I picked it up, and the people put it on my head.” - Napoleon Bonaparte Before I explain the...

In 1898, Mark Twain, the Missouri writer and humorist who requires no introduction, wrote a piece entitled "Concerning the Jews." Such a...

1,400 words In my last essay, I wrote about the philosophical base of the Social Contract Theory, that life in the state of nature was...

1,670 words Few things are more important in political philosophy than the relationship between citizens and government. Everything in...

High hang our harps on the willows, Swaying with pride forgone, Like convicts sent to the gallows On the banks of Babylon. On the bitter...

Hidden beyond the bushes, none knew the brook but I, That fed the lake of Ozark, apple of my eye. Through mountains steep as Scotia, And...

1,700 words There are two compact theories fundamental to American political philosophy, at least prior to the Antebellum Period. The...

At their height, the Luddites had a force of 12,000 British soldiers after them. This was more than Britain had sent off to fight...

In vain I searched for our dear old Lady In the fields of France, of poppy and daisy. I heard but the sigh Of an age gone by, “Mais c’est...