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  • Is Kleptocracy the Most Common Form of Government?

    Is Kleptocracy the Most Common Form of Government?0

    “Kleptocracy” means “rule by thieves”. People have been complaining for millennia that such is what their government is. How common is such rule? And if it’s that common, can much be done about it? In his classic book The City of God, St. Augustine lamented that the Roman Empire, having been built by force and fraud,

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  • Is Killing a Tyrant Ever Justified?

    Is Killing a Tyrant Ever Justified?0

    In his work De rege et regis institutione (1599), Jesuit priest Juan de Mariana examines the limits of political power, which, in sixteenth-century Europe, was exercised by monarchs. According to Mariana, monarchs should be subject to the same moral standards as the governed. Should they deviate from the principles of natural law by confiscating the

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  • Is Justice a Matter of Truth or Power?

    Is Justice a Matter of Truth or Power?0

    In the first book of the Republic, Plato shares a conversation between Socrates and Thrasymachus, a Sophist orator, that touches on the nature of truth, justice, and law. “I proclaim that justice is nothing but the interest of the stronger,” Thrasymachus tells Socrates. He continues: “…the different forms of government make laws democratical, aristocratical, tyrannical,

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  • Is John F. Kennedy Responsible for the Alt-Right?

    Is John F. Kennedy Responsible for the Alt-Right?0

    JFK and the Masculine Mystique: Sex and Power on the New Frontier, is a powerful and incisive new book about men. Written by Steven Watts, the book combines thorough research, penetrating analysis, and graceful prose. One of the more intriguing arguments in the book is that Kennedy was responsible for unmooring traditional values due to

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  • Is Japan’s Royal Family Going Extinct?

    Is Japan’s Royal Family Going Extinct?0

    The Japanese Imperial Household Agency recently announced the forthcoming engagement of Princess Ayako, granddaughter of Emperor Akihito. Amidst the excitement of the engagement to Kei Moriya, she must also prepare to relinquish her status as a member of the Imperial family. Under Imperial Household Law, any female member of the royal family who chooses to

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  • Is Ivanka Making Motherhood Great Again?

    Is Ivanka Making Motherhood Great Again?0

    Is Ivanka Trump America’s Kate Middleton? In this viral photo posted on Ivanka’s Instagram page the day before the Inauguration, America’s new first daughter channels the Duchess rather mightily. In the picture, Ivanka is rocking the whole Duchess package: walking down the red-carpeted steps of a private jet in nude stilettos and a gorgeously tailored

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