Return to Order Is Getting Around

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A good friend of mine reported on a meeting of local conservatives that she attended in St. Louis, Mo. She reports: “At the end, I held up a copy of Return to Order, and told about the book. Several folks were interested, and asked questions at the forum. I gave the president of the group … Read more

Return to Order: Organic Remedies and Upright Spontaneity

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  (The Imaginative Conservative website has published the following excerpt from the book, Return to Order by John Horvat II) A second element of organic society involves the manner in which remedies are found. In searching for solutions, we must carefully observe the fact that organic solutions cannot be imposed upon a people as if … Read more

Return to Order: A Perspective from Mexico

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Written by Esteban Rubio. Upon reading John Horvat’s book, Return to Order, I came to two conclusions. First of all, what the author states is perfectly in line with the social doctrine of the Catholic Church, which is universal, even though he clearly addresses an American public. Secondly, since my native land of Mexico is … Read more

Piketty’s Bland New World

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If it were to fall upon me to rename Thomas Piketty’s recent book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, I would call it Bland New World. My choice might seem strange since it is so far removed from the purely economic considerations that dominate the debate on this book. However, it does express the worldview found … Read more

Return to Order Events in Miami

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Written by Gary Isbell If there is a place where the ideas of the book Return to Order might resonate, it would be Miami. This is because author John Horvat’s description of an organic Christian society emphasizes the ties of family, community and Faith that are still very strong in this city of many cultures. … Read more

The Problem of ‘Reinventing’ the State

Return to Order American Law Is Based on Higher Law

Occasionally there appear books that by their great insight and scholarship come to define the terms of the debate surrounding great controversies. The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State, by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, (New York: The Penguin Press HC, 2014), is not one of these books.     Free Book: … Read more

Local Production Also Involves Relationships

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  When talking about local productions, many people only think in terms of place. Many think “local” only refers to where production happens. However, “local” also involves relationships—in this case, local relationships. Over time people develope relationships with nearby producers so that these products became part of the local culture.   All this changed with … Read more

What Makes Cities Die?

Return to Order What Makes Cities Die?

  It is no secret that most American cities lack the dynamism and life that they once had. Cities used to be places where people lived, worked, met and spent their leisure together. Today, with the exception of a few cities like New York City, downtowns are largely vacant and lifeless.   Roger Scuton, commenting … Read more

The Burial of an American Hero: On Behalf of a Grateful Nation

Return to Order The Burial of an American Hero: On Behalf of a Grateful Nation 1

By Joseph Jordan July 22 started as a bleak and overcast day, somehow fitting for the funeral of Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton, the great Catholic Vietnam War hero, who endured many a bleak and dreary day during seven years and seven months of torture at the hands of the Communist North Vietnamese. His life was … Read more

Sharing Solutions For a Better America: Getting Your Family Fired-Up

Return to Order Promoting More Agility in Economy

CHANDLER, AZ (July 24, 2014) – Family, honor, faith and positive role models are the most powerful tools Americans have to reclaim their great country from the throes of social and economic chaos, according to the two distinguished presenters of “Return to Family: Getting Your Family Fired Up About Honor, Role Models and the Faith.” … Read more