Category: Feature
A Botched Civilization, Conclusion
The sources of the globalist ideology are much older and deeper than Marx, and they first showed their true colors when the armies of the French Revolution declared war on the nations of Europe, in order to liberate themselves from feudalism and Christianity.
Putting on the Ritz Crackers, Conclusion
No one today, it seems, can pursue a hobby, escape a vice, or suffer a tragedy without submitting himself to the ministrations of “professional” experts.
Wooden Heads and Stony Hearts
The abortion question is being raised by both sides in the shadow boxing performance we call presidential elections. No other question so exemplifies Sam Francis’ characterization (borrowed from the father of Neoconservatism, Benjamin Disraeli) of our two national factions as the Evil Party and the Stupid Party.
Beers for Fears
Americans live on a diet of fear. The fears on which we feed are not just our metaphorical daily dose of nuclear holocaust, deadly plague, poisonous spiders, extraterrestrial invasion, and global warming, but, literally, the food we put into our mouths.
Three Faces of Democracy: Conclusion
State sovereignty died–along with the Old Republic–in a bloody war of conquest, an American Vendée, directed by our first and greatest Jacobin, Abraham Lincoln.
The Three Faces of Democracy, Part III
The misguided progressives and populists correctly diagnosed the problem, but it was not until Roosevelt’s first term that they realized that the tyranny of big government was not the answer to the tyranny of big business.
Three Faces of Democracy, Part II
I have already touched upon my central theme: the distinctiveness of American democracy from its Greek predecessors and its French successor. I am going to limit myself to three main topics: the persistence of tradition, the treatment of religion and property, and the adherence to federalism.
Three Faces of Democracy: Cleisthenes, Jefferson, and Lincoln, Part I
This is the first part of a talk (here revised) given to a group of Telos editors and contributors at Cooper Union in New York. With the exception of Clyde Wilson and Sam Francis, the other speakers were Frankfurt School Marxists. This unlikely mix was stirred up by my good friend the late Paul Piccone.
Poems Submitted to Poetry Contest
These are the poems submitted to the poetry contest. I am soliciting the votes of all readers not related to the contestants. The only contestants eligible for the prizes are those who were in attendance, but I also welcome comments on the contributions of Travis Berg and Asa Plinch
