Category Archives: Political Thought

WE INTERRUPT THIS HIATUS TO BRING YOU….

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!    Although the hiatus continues, a cure is being sought, testing on political prisoners continues, Obama claims he will “focus like a laser” on finding a cure…….. Although the hiatus continues here at TWE, I have launched another site … Continue reading

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Will There Be Room for Realism In Obama’s Second Term?

It is a question worth asking considering the likelihood of a Susan Rice appointment to Secretary of State. Rice during her brief time on the stage as UN Ambassador to the United Nations, has shown she is an interventionists in … Continue reading

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How Exactly Should One “Campaign as a Conservative?”

I’ve been reading and hearing a lot on Romney’s campaign strategy. I would like to say I was mostly satisfied with Romney’s candidacy. It was by far better than McCain’s in 2008. I thought he was our best candidate but … Continue reading

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What is Totalitarianism?

First, it should be understood that totalitarianism is not a theory or philosophy. It’s a practice. The goal was not to force people to serve a new political system. The goal was to produce a new kind of human being, … Continue reading

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IT BEGINS TODAY

It`s 4 a.m. on election day. There`s a lot to do. It begins today. By this time tomorrow America will have a new President, a stronger house and most likely a republican senate – we will also have a full … Continue reading

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Is Constructivism Useful for Analysis?

What should be stressed up front is that constructivists do not limit the degree of knowledge in having a part in forming identity. Rather, they assume in how we reason and self-identify ourselves is culturally determined or “constructed” by the … Continue reading

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Realism Moving Forward

THERE WILL BE A TIME when America will have to rethink its foreign policy. Perhaps that time is already upon us as our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan draw to a close. The Middle East has shown, beyond our best … Continue reading

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Hitler on Organization, Power of the Spoken Word, and Winning the Masses

On Organization “…I devoted myself to propaganda in the first period of my activity in the movement. What it had to do was gradually to fill a small nucleus of men with the new doctrine, and so prepare the material … Continue reading

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The Political Philosophy of Augustine

By Jack Kerwick  Augustine (354 A.D.—430 A.D.), a one-time bishop of Hippo, is undoubtedly the most distinguished clergyman to which the Roman Catholic Church—or any church, for that matter—can lay claim.  He was also one of the most prolific and … Continue reading

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Tony Blair Offers Political Realism to US

The Blaze Sometimes being the world‘s greatest power and most beloved country don’t go together. It’s the mark of a true leader to be able to pursue the distinction best for his country. This is a lesson former British Prime … Continue reading

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Machiavelli Explains the Failure of the Arab Spring

And he explains it from a classical realism position. …they, being on the one hand accustomed to obey and on the other hand not having the old prince, cannot agree in making one from amongst themselves, and they do not … Continue reading

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The Psychology Of Political Philosophy

Amusing, true, and gritty. I pulled the below excerpts from the blog, People Before Prophets. From Jonathan Kay’s book, Among The Truthers; In America, on the other hand, life’s losers have no one to blame but themselves. And so the conceit … Continue reading

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The Psychology Of Political Philosophy

Reblogged from People Before Prophets: From Jonathan Kay’s book, Among The Truthers; In every society preceding the American Revolution (and in many non-western societies, still), a man’s life was largely governed by factors beyond his control – by birth order, … Continue reading

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Does Civility Matter in Politics?

Charles C.W. Cooke argues that civility in politics doesn’t exist and it never has. Cooke’s thoughts are in response to Obama’s mostly meaningless speeches on civility in politics and how he wished it were possible to have more of it. … Continue reading

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