james madison

The Old Despotism & the New Anarchy ~ The Imaginative Conservative

I. Preliminary Observations A knowledge of history provides a decent understanding of human nature, well-wrought standards of judgment, and the perspective necessary to make vital comparisons with the past that bring the present into sharper focus. In recent years, academics, journalists, and politicians have sounded alarms to signal mounting threats to democracy. I take such […]

The Imperative To Defend National Borders (Op-Ed)

Image Credit: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service via Picryl / Public Domain & RawPixel / Public Domain Submitted by Michael DiMatteo – The chief reason for the dissolution of the Roman Empire, most specifically the dissolution of the Latin Roman Empire1was unfettered invasion brought about by a crumbling economy, sickness/plague, as well as the unwillingness […]