true democracy

From law to decree

Angelo M. Codevilla | 21 February 2012 |

tags: democracy, Obama politics, rule of law

Obama's health care act shows that decrees issued by government bureaucrats have displaced the rule of law.

Should government be involved in marriage?

Thomas Patrick Burke | 17 February 2012 |

tags: government, libertarianism, marriage

Some libertarians, notably Ron Paul, say it should not. Another says that is foolish and irresponsible.

How hedonism became America’s official religion

Jennifer Roback Morse | 09 February 2012 |

tags: democracy, Obama politics, religion

An edict from the Obama administration has ended the American experiment in religious liberty.

Oh, Britannia!

Joanna Bogle | 07 February 2012 |

tags: Britain, Queen Elizabeth II

It's not her fault but six decades on, Queen Elizabeth rules a wave of social disintegration.

A moral roadmap for European renewal

Alejo Jose G. Sison | 16 December 2011 |

tags: democracy, European identity, natural law

Nothing less than a return to the foundations of justice in nature and reason will do.

Welcome to neo-colonialism 101

Nwachukwu Egbunike | 13 December 2011 |

tags: Africa, Nigeria, same-sex marriage

Why is America trying to force acceptance of gay rights upon African nations?

From the trumpeter, an uncertain sound

Godfrey Hodgson | 25 November 2011 |

tags: American politics, international relations

A faded president, discredited rivals, and a dysfunctional political system spell trouble for the United States - at home and in the world.

Europe’s crisis lies beyond finance

George Friedman | 16 November 2011 |

tags: European Union

Racial and ethnic tensions combined with economic austerity and a sense of betrayal toward the elite could create an explosive mixture.

Are Americans anti-science?

Michael Cook | 04 November 2011 |

tags: science, US

No, they just don't like arrogant, undemocratic scientists.

Obama’s secrets

Thomas C. Reeves | 04 November 2011 |

tags: Barack Obama

Shouldn't we know more about the President of the United States? Some are busy digging.

Back to basics: a Vince Lombardi moment for the economy

| 26 October 2011 |

tags: economics, family, philosophy

An essay on the four principles of all successful American economic policy - and the philosophical A-team behind them.

Democracy in peril: Egypt’s handling of Coptic unrest

Anthony Billingsley | 13 October 2011 |

tags: Coptic Christians, democracy, Egyptian unrest, religious freedom, tolerance

Formerly the heroes of Tahrir Square, the military are now being viewed differently.

Understanding Somalia

Ioan M Lewis | 10 October 2011 |

tags: famine, government, Somalia

Behind the devastating famine is a profoundly decentralised society with no effective national government.

The end of tolerance

Zac Alstin | 07 October 2011 |

tags: Britain, morality, tolerance

The illusion that moral diversity is a viable social strategy is at its last gasp.

No casualty should be forgotten

Paul Rogers | 20 September 2011 |

tags: civilian casualties, Libya crisis, warfare

Recording, identifying and acknowledging each individual victim of armed conflict - and holding to account those responsible – is an idea whose time has come.

No standing: what marriage radicals really think of “the people”

Jennifer Roback Morse | 16 September 2011 |

tags: law, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage

Is it same-sex marriage rights they want, or a revolution in the American legal system?

It’s not all sweet for kids in Sweden

David Quinn | 16 September 2011 |

tags: consumerism, parenting, work-life balance

A UN report on British children makes Sweden sound like family heaven. Is it?

Ground Zero - without the prayer

Carolyn Moynihan | 09 September 2011 |

tags: 911 Memorial, patriotism, religion

Is excluding religious expression from the main 9/11 commemoration the way to go?

A naturally conservative nation

Thomas C. Reeves | 26 August 2011 |

tags: conservatism, liberalism, secularism

In a recent Gallup poll, only 21 per cent of Americans called themselves liberals.

After Gadhafi: The scramble for Libya?

Scott Stewart | 25 August 2011 |

tags: Libya crisis, Stratfor

Between internal factions and external interests the path ahead is fraught with danger.

The marriage gap that’s destroying Middle America

Carolyn Moynihan | 19 August 2011 |

tags: cohabitation, marriage, middle class

This is the issue that should be top of the political agenda - and not only in the United States.

England riots: a postmodern failure

Rebekah Hebbert | 14 August 2011 |

tags: British riots, post-modernism

Why should anyone be surprised at the rioters when we've been saying for decades there is no right or wrong?

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