Joseph is a King’s College grad whose regular blog posts may be found at http://nepateaparty.com/speak
If an individual person wishes to collect abstract art with meaning that is difficult to discern, that’s fine, but monuments intended for public viewing should resemble something the common person can identify.
It seems the majority of shows on the Discovery and History Channels fall under the genre of “petty negotiation,” or, “How much is your junk worth?” as well as “quasi-freak shows” featuring human backwoods wonders who speak charming, subtitled patois and grow impressively long beards. It’s important to remember, however, that while the majority of Americans do not watch these particular shows, the largest collectives of individuals do, numbering at most in one night 5 million out of roughly 254 million Americans age 15 and older.
19th Century French taxpayer advocate Frédéric Bastiat seems to have foretold Ron Paul’s struggles in his 1846 public letter “To the Electors of the district of Saint-Sever” (trans. by Diana Dupuy)Between those men who fight over ministerial portfolios, however bitter the struggle, there is always...