Anton v. Gutzman?

Was there a substantial debate between the two?

Something You May Not Have Known about the Magna Carta

Nice short text on the Magna Carta and English medieval woodlands and forests. Say what you will about the Normans, but they did make an effort to preserve woodland. These laws were in effect until 1971. https://t.co/A5up6KQEv8

— Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) July 21, 2021

They Can't Help Themselves

The Church, which is the true heir of the "Hebrew" Bible.

The connection between private property and freedom enters the Anglo-American tradition through the Hebrew Bible.

Drop the Bible from your schools and watch as the concern for private property progressively evaporates. https://t.co/RTuQEviJPm

— Yoram Hazony (@yhazony) November 27, 2020

Debating the American Founding

Does America equal Locke? And is Lockean liberalism a friend or foe to authentic human flourishing? You’ll find these two questions running throughout much of the conversation about liberalism. https://t.co/mgD22HMMGK

— Public Discourse (@PublicDiscourse) July 26, 2020

The Will of the People

.@Jason_C_Ross explores populism and nationalism in the American Revolution for @ubookman in his review of "The Will of the People: The Revolutionary Birth of America" by T. H. Breen: https://t.co/OFK7GthVyh

— Russell Kirk Center (@KirkCenter) June 11, 2020

HUP: T.H. Breen, The Will of the People

Understating the Scope of the Problem

Does classical liberalism, that is a liberal political (dis-)order, create conditions that undermine it? A thorough answer would have to address the role of the oligarchs and the elites and other causes that are destructive of culture, community, and identity. The Anti-Federalists were correct in their intuitions, though perhaps they were not cognizant of the severity of the problems of interpretation with regards to that particular document, the Constitution, and the difficulty of preserving a common republican and federalist tradition.

Azerrad's essay is good in so far as it questions liberalism, but he doesn't name names, and the history he provides is too short, focusing only on the Boomers for the decline, and he doesn't seem to recognize this.

Liberalism’s Genetic Predisposition by David Azerrad

“If the founding was so great, then why is America in such a mess? That, crudely stated, is the central question behind the never-ending liberalism wars.” - David Azerrad of The @Heritage Foundation explains. https://t.co/V0RxyzSFUP

— The American Mind (@theammind) May 27, 2020

What Is Needed for the Development of Republican Virtue

A decent essay on what is actually required for republican virtue -- and in a system that doesn't allow for the full development of all 4 aspects is something that must be worked around. Find your tribe.

Imaginative Conservative: A Jeffersonian Model of Citizenship by Ralph Ketcham

America's Revolutionary Mind

America’s Revolutionary Mind: A Moral History of the American Revolution and the Declaration That Defined It by C. Bradley Thompson

"Thompson says, mocking critical reviewer Brian Smith, 'Presumably he wants an America that is based on intense religious belief and Christian sacrifice and love.' An America based on intense religious belief and Christian sacrifice and love. How awful!" https://t.co/SJefJUKXqV

— The American Conservative (@amconmag) May 20, 2020

“Thompson ... wishes to restate that, ‘America’s revolutionary mind is virtually synonymous with John Locke’s mind.’ It’s as if Thompson is trying to get today’s younger right-wingers to reject the inheritance of the Founding Fathers ...” https://t.co/tisGotQvwc

— Adrian Vermeule (@Vermeullarmine) May 20, 2020

JMP lecture with video









https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Brion McClanahan on American Republicanism

A Simplistic Narrative

1P5: The Conflicted Legacy of American Catholicism

So it was that the American republic — with its subdued secularism in comparison to the guillotine of the French lies of “liberty, equality, and fraternity” — convinced, in no small part, the partisans of the New Springtime that Jacques Maritain’s vision could become a reality. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance for Catholics who seek to investigate the effects of the Vatican II springtime to evaluate the legacy of the American republic as it regards the social and political doctrine of the Church, especially in the foundational error of the separation of Church and State, which we will return to below.

A historian must make judgement about motives as a part of constructing a narrative. But reliance on a caricature of the federation of American states and "subdued secularism" (which many Latin traditionalists will blame on Protestants rather than on the elites who hold power in the state) is wrong and offensive to faithful Protestant Anglo-Americans who trace their descent to the very beginning. Latin traditionalists sound like the ugly duckling who never belonged in the first place and unfortunately will never become a swan, having become crippled by envy and pride (Latin triumphalism)--sounds almost gamma.

Except for places with a pre-1776 dominant Catholicism — like the formerly New Spain American southwest and the formerly New France New Orleans — by and large, the Catholicism of America was of immigrants. This meant that at best, they created ethnic ghettos and national parishes speaking their mother tongue with little influence on American Protestant society. At worst, they were immigrants seeking acceptance at any cost — including the Catholic faith and identity. The impetus to convert all of America and the whole republic into a Catholic republic that submits to Christ the King was greatly hindered by this conflict.

We can generalize to say that the legacy of American Catholicism was conflicted between conformity to the Protestant American society and non-conformity to it, taking refuge in ethnic enclaves. The Irish immigrants led by prelates such as John Ireland and James Gibbons dominated the conformity party. The German immigrants dominated the non-conformity party. A third force in this legacy was those Catholics who accepted wholeheartedly the fundamental doctrines expounded by the Pian Magisterium (1799–1958) and sought to convert America to Christ the King.

In what shape was an immigrant Latin Church to convert their Protestant neighbors, when most of its members had chosen to live in large cities for the sake of economic opportunity?  There is nothing preventing Latin traditionalists to try their great experiment in evangelization now. At least they will have results right away as to whether their strategy is as easy and fruitful as they think it would be.

Take a Stand

Nine Line

Happy Independence Day

American Liberty Reconsidered by Lee Cheek

Recovering the Declaration of Independence by Lee Cheek and Sean Busick

Patriotism: A Necessary Sentiment by Clyde Wilson

The Brion McClanahan Show Episode 226: Should we love the founding generation?

Secession: The American Tradition

Inspired by Liberty and Virtue

Nationalism and Sovereignty

American Liberty

Advice That Should Have Been Given and Heeded in 1776...

Abbeville Institute: How to Run the American Revolution: Belated Advice By Joseph R. Stromberg

Brion McClanahan on the Acting AG

if his appointment is not blocked...

The Southern Political Tradition is Winning by Brion McClanahan
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