If we hypostatize or anthropomorphize the notion of ideology, we may say that ideologies have might over men. Might is the faculty or power of directing actions. As a rule one says only of a man or of groups that they are mighty. Then the definition of might is: might is the power to direct…
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Looks as though the French, the Spanish, and the Italians–for all of the reports of Catholicism dying in Europe–are ahead of the game here. There’s a historical reason for that. Below is my exchange today with the great Anthony Stine.
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The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may provisionally grant him. It has always made justice costly and difficult to access, and has…
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It’s official: I’ll be speaking at the great Mark Skousen’s FreedomFest in South Dakota in July. I’m scheduled to debate the great libertarian Doug Casey on the subject of liberty and Catholicism. Will be standing room only… I’ll also be serving on a panel about Bitcoin. Catholicism and cryptocurrency go well together. Finally, I’m honored…
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It must be admitted–albeit reluctantly–that film is an elusive media for the things I hold most dear; namely, Catholicism and the liberty movement. Catholic faith-based films, often in spite of some sizable budgets, come off as overly saccharine, inauthentic and corny. Liberty themed films usually meet the same fate. There are exceptions of course. Mel…
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Merci à Rick Steves for a quick tour of the Chateau Fontainebleau; but dear Rick left out the most important note of history from it. 334 years ago–nearly to the day–Louis XIV issued his repeal of Henry IV’s Edict of Nantes with his Edict of Fontainebleau. No true, absolute king could have Huguenots running around…
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