The Blessing of Vulnerability

By |2015-10-23T16:29:32-05:00June 10th, 2013|Categories: Bruce Frohnen, Morality|Tags: |

Oftentimes we need to be reminded that we are more than animals. The attachment modern society has to stoking the fires of primitive passions we share with the beasts (feast, fight, fornicate) is literally dehumanizing—it makes us less than we by nature are. This, of course, is the very essence of corruption and causes great [...]

The Aristocratic Sources of Liberty: A Brilliant Critique of Tocqueville

By |2013-11-21T13:44:01-06:00June 10th, 2013|Categories: Alexis de Tocqueville, Books, Democracy in America, Lee Cheek|Tags: , |

Tocqueville: The Aristocratic Sources of Liberty by Lucien Jaume While this profound, and elegantly written and translated work, will not appeal to all scholars of political thought, Lucien Jaume (Centre Recherche Politiques de Sciences Po) nevertheless provides many insights into the life and work of the great French student of American social and political life.  Emphasizing [...]

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