No voting system is flawless. But some are less democratic than others.

August 27, 2010

Win or Lose by Anthony Gottlieb Read more http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/07/26/100726crbo_books_gottlieb?printable=true#ixzz0xlceDjpL “…Don’t worry if you blinked: bewildering complexity was part of the point. The election aimed to reassure Venetians that their new ruler could not have been eased into place by backroom deals. Venetians had been coming up with inventive ways to make political decisions for a […]

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Bernardino Cardinal Echeverría Ruiz

August 26, 2010

  A serious and objective study of history shows that all times, all cultures, and all races have had undeniable differences among their constituents. There have always been wise men and ignorant men, classes that rule and classes that obey, rich and poor. Christ Himself taught, “The poor will always be with you.” The variety […]

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Virtue: A Democratic Problem

August 26, 2010

Virtue: A Democratic Problem By Dr. Jeff Mirus http://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/otc.cfm?id=672 “Can any politician be reelected if he tells the truth about the need to live within our means at every level, personal and governmental, and if he proposes policies which match the available resources?”

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America Builds an Aristocracy

August 26, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/opinion/12madoff.html

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August 25 – How do you portray a saint?

August 26, 2010

August 25 is the feast of Saint Louis IX, king, confessor of the Faith, Crusader and model of a Catholic head of state. There are two different ways people picture Saint Louis IX. One is as he truly was, the other is a soft, effeminate distortion of his person. This dichotomy is similar to the […]

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Think nobles are expensive?

August 26, 2010

The Gross National Debt

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A Hymn of Love Rises up to the Throne of the Immortal Pontiff

August 26, 2010
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Catolicismo No. 63 – March 1956 It was not without some apprehension, facing a confused notion of how difficult a task it would turn out to be, that I started to gather impressions and ideas to write for Catolicismo an article on the Holy Father Pius XII to be published on his 80th birthday, the […]

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The Important Mission of Nobility Today – Interview with Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

August 25, 2010
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Catolicismo magazine, no. 511, July 1993 (www.catolicismo.com.br) CATOLICISMO: Why have you chosen the nobility as the theme for your most recent book? Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira: It seems to me that at present, the attitude of public opinion toward the nobility is much less marked by the errors of the French Revolution than it […]

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