Tag Archives: Jack Levine paintings

death of republics: bitter at the wasted world

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Dave

How do republics die? What destroys representative governments? It is not always the mob. Beware of quarrelling elites. Lessons for America from the Italian city-states of medieval Europe… …Even when the popolos proved stronger than the nobility- in Pisa, Siena, … Continue reading →

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controlled demolition

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Dave

The message of conservatism is at least as equally valid as liberalism, but what we saw, as spectacle over the past twelve months was the effective controlled demolition of a political party. Evidently, the same disease that will hollow out … Continue reading →