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The Parchment Guarantee: Pt. 5: The Dissention of the Saints
The American economic and socio-political regime was defined by these four men. American Conservatism is the synthesis of their legacies

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May 24, 202339 min read
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The Parchment Guarantee: Pt. 4: The Origins of American Conservative Politics
Introduction: The Lies of Samuel Johnson We have discussed the permutations of Toryism in the British Home Islands and its long struggle...

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May 9, 202324 min read
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The Parchment Guarantee: American Conservatism as an Ideology. Pt. 3: The Old Kings
Introduction: The Revolution in France and Its Consequences In the first part of this conversation, we have examined the course of the...

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Apr 24, 202323 min read
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The Parchment Guarantee: American Conservatism as an Ideology. Pt. 2: The Emergence of Ideology
Introduction: The State Triumphant The struggle between William of Orange, also known as William III of England, and Louis XIV of France...

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Apr 9, 202317 min read
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The Parchment Guarantee -American Conservatism as an Ideology. Pt. 1: Up From Feudalism
Introduction: The Change of the Guard The main fact of European politics is that over the course of the 7 centuries between the Black...

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Apr 5, 202317 min read
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The State and Public Morality: Some Conclusions
The Psalm 85 Society. In the 85th Psalm, the Sons of Korah describe a society which is pleasing to the Divine Will, a society which have...

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Mar 17, 20237 min read
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THE STATE AND PUBLIC MORALITY, CASE #3: WHEN THE FRONTIER BECAME THE HEARTLAND
PART 3: THE TRIUMPH OF THE FRONTIER V: NO DISSOLUTION, BUT DISILLUSION: THE WAR OF 1812 AND ITS CONSEQUENCES Undeserved Dominance: the...

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Mar 13, 202315 min read
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THE STATE AND PUBLIC MORALITY, CASE #3: WHEN THE FRONTIER BECAME THE HEARTLAND
PART 2: THE DIVERGENCE AND ITS INFLUENCE. III: THE NEW BREED: THE PROMISE OF A NEW AMERICAN CHARACTER ON THE FRONTIER The Rising World:...

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Feb 16, 202321 min read
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THE STATE AND PUBLIC MORALITY, CASE #3: WHEN THE FRONTIER BECAME THE HEARTLAND
PART 1: THE REVOLUTION GOES WEST I: THE FRONTIER AND THE MEN IT CREATED In the aftermath of the War of 1812, two facts were solidified:...

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Feb 9, 202311 min read
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Ware of the Wedded Burghs
Foreword: the Folk and Ware of the Wedded Burghs We the Folk of the Wedded Burghs, in mind to shape a more hale Weoroth, found Right,...

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Feb 3, 202315 min read
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THE STATE AND PUBLIC MORALITY, CASE #2: WATER, INK AND BLOOD
I: TEXTS, TRADITIONS AND LIBATIONS: In the Hashmonean Era, the sovereignty and independence of Judea was secured through a series of...

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Dec 26, 202223 min read
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THE STATE AND PUBLIC MORALITY, CASE #1: THE TRIAL OF CHRISTMAS
"Listen to me, and I'll tell you news that's right / Christmas was killed in Naseby fight!" ("The World is Turned Upside Down", English...

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Dec 11, 202215 min read
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LOVE, POWER AND LAW IN POLITICS, Part 6: Royal Robbery Is Not Law
I: THE LAW OF KINGS One of the most touching stories of the Middle Ages is that of Rabbi Meir son of Baruch of Rothenburg. Widely...

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Nov 28, 202212 min read
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LOVE, POWER AND LAW IN POLITICS, Part 5: Bankers, Popes and Mercenaries
I: THE MAN WHO SOLD THE REPUBLIC The Florentine Guelphs were divided primarily along the question of Papal Supremacy not only in...

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Nov 23, 202214 min read
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LOVE POWER AND LAW IN POLITICS, Part 4: A Pilgrimage through Hell.
I: "LOVE, THAT MOVES THE SUN AND ALL THE OTHER STARS" In 1274, a respectable Florentine banker took his nine-years-old son to a visit in...

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Nov 14, 202210 min read
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LOVE, POWER AND LAW IN POLITICS, Part 3: Love and Virtù
I: THE FLOWER OF ITALY We are once again find ourselves in Central Italy, midway between Rome and Siena, the famed and brilliant city of...

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Nov 9, 20225 min read
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LOVE, POWER AND LAW IN POLITICS. Part 2: The City of God.
I: ULTIMUS ROMANORUM The Roman town of Hippo Regius, today the city of Annaba in Algeria, owes its name to the Kings of Numidia and thus...

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Oct 31, 202210 min read
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LOVE, POWER AND LAW IN POLITICS. Part 1: Shakespeare, Hobbes and Locke.
I: THE TRAGEDY OF GAIUS MARTIUS CORIOLANUS William Shakespeare was not only a great comic and tragedian writer, as well as one of the...

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Oct 6, 202211 min read
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Beaver Wisdom
Oh young ones swim ashore, And listen to slow assembled lore, In the lodges of yore, By care picked and patiently heed By tooth and foot...

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Oct 3, 20221 min read
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Nationalism, Patriotism and the Love of the People: Part 3: Some Conclusions
I: Talking It Over Nationalism and Patriotism differ in many points, but the principle divergence is in the fact that, as we attempted to...

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Sep 30, 20227 min read
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