Tag: mob rule
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The History and Differences Between a Government Republican in Form and a Democracy, and Their Applicability to Republicans and Democrats
by Robert Kalebra, ©2025 (Feb. 12, 2025) — The terms “republic” and “democracy” are often used interchangeably, especially in modern political discourse, but their meanings and implications differ significantly. Understanding the historical evolution of these concepts, as well as how they relate to political parties like the Republicans and Democrats in the United States, can…
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The Brilliance of the Electoral College
by Don Fredrick, The Complete Obama Timeline, ©2023 (May 7, 2023) — As we approach the 2024 campaign season you can be certain to encounter increasing complaints from Democrat politicians and media leftists about the Electoral College system that allows a candidate to be elected president even if he does not win the nationwide popular…
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Government By The People
“NOVEMBER 3 IS OUR CHANCE” by John Porter, ©2020 (Jul. 9, 2020) — First, please let me be very clear, what I have written here for your consideration is not about the Republican Party, Democrat Party, Independent Party, Libertarian Party, Tea Party or any other Party. It is about an idea conceived over two centuries…
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So Black Violence Is Supposed To Heal White Racism?
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2020 (Jun. 19, 2020) — “It was still hard for her to believe what was happening. One moment she was eating fried chicken and the next there was a full-blown riot on the street. The rest was like a crazy roller coaster ride from…
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Is America In The Throes of a Nasty Divorce?
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2017, President, NARLO (Aug. 20, 2017) — What begins with the trappings of good will, respect and love, can often disintegrate into petty differences, resentment and rising anger. What starts out as mutual common ground in the building of a marriage, or the foundation for a country, can…
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Are You A Subject of Government, Or A Sovereign?
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2017 (Apr. 2, 2017) — NOTE: This article has nothing immediately to do with our contemporary problems as a nation and as a people. And then again, it may have EVERYTHING to do with our current problems as a people and as a nation…
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Righting Our Ship of State
HAS PLATO’S WORST FEAR, “MOB RULE,” ARRIVED? by Dr. Thomas E. Davis, Col., USA (Ret), ©2016 (Sep. 12, 2016) — Around 380 BC, the Grecian philosopher, Plato, a student of Socrates, wrote “The Republic.” This work was a dissertation on government. Plato discussed the character of the “Just” city state and Justice in general. This…
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As They Say In Missouri, We’re A-Fixin To Esplain It To You!
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2015, President, NARLO (Mar. 22, 2015) — We deal in realities, not wish lists. We don’t pull any punches and never will. We write what many others are afraid to write. We say what others don’t have the courage to say, in a climate of fear…