This article appears in Vol III Issue I: Republics To the reader, Truths are easier spoken about the past, but only generally explain the present, because the spirit of a people gives way to the toughest-pulling sentiment. In America, romantic individualism succeeded; and in many ways, it is indicative of
This article appears in Vol III Issue I: Republics In the modern West, the republic is the most popular mode of government. The modern liberal democratic status quo would have us believe that the republic—or more specifically, “representative democracy”—is the superior mode of government among all others. All other forms
This article appears in Vol III Issue I: Republics Prelude There is a much needed discussion that must take place around what relativism is and what its so-called response is, i.e., relationism. This is needed for anyone attentive to more than the politics of theater and its scripts—and this will
This article appears in Vol III Issue I: Republics In 1776, Florida decided to do what was necessary to secure its quality of life, blessings of liberty, and pursuit of happiness. It told Georgia, and other rebellious British colonies northward, to go to hell. This may sound shocking to some—well,
This article appears in Vol III Issue I: Republics In the endless debates over which form of government is best suited to maximize life, liberty, and happiness, there is one crucial axis missing from tests of authoritarianism versus freedom, left versus right. That axis is time. If the passage of
This article appears in Vol III Issue I: Republics It has been 23 years since Robert Putnam’s magnum opus, Bowling Alone, was published and released to the masses. The iconic work, which eloquently details America’s decline in community and civic engagement, has, regretfully, been vindicated with the passing years. We
This article appears in Vol III Issue I: Republics A leak of high-authorization F-16 Fighting Falcon documents was posted to the War Thunder discussion forum in mid-January, sparking questions about the security and reasoning behind some U.S. federal document restrictions. War Thunder is an online multiplayer combat video game developed
This article appears in Vol III Issue I: Republics There is one illusion that blankets itself over our political system and it’s that of democracy. We are not talking about pure democracy which technological influence would still penetrate, or representative democracy which is closer to our political system today, not
This article appears in Vol III Issue I: Republics In 1965, the Hart-Cellar Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, American Pigeon previously reported. It effectively opened up immigration to South American countries, Eastern Europeans, and Asians. Prior to that time, immigration was predominantly allowed from Northwestern Europe
This article appears in Vol III Issue I: Republics “One side effect of the move toward globalization has been the development of a network of judicial bodies with wide-ranging authority to alter domestic policy and domestic law,” writes Mary L. Volcansek and John F. Stack in Courts Crossing Borders: Blurring
This article appears in Vol III Issue I: Republics Several days passed as the Chinese spy balloon hovered over the United States before being shot down. Meanwhile, Americans are fed a steady diet of Russia, Russia, Russia, trans ideology, and right-wing domestic terrorism.
This article appears in Vol III Issue I: Republics The World Economic Forum (WEF) had its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland last month. This year’s conversation theme is “Cooperation in a fragmented world,” and is about new solutions to be put in place with the end of the COVID pandemic.
This article appears in Vol III Issue I: Republics It isn’t enough for state actors that big tech uses shears to prune the leaves of online speech; sometimes it’s more effective to use a chainsaw.