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Trumpism Is Here to Stay
July 28, 2020
Author: Chilton Williamson
Today’s Le Figaro (27 July 2020) carries a short article by Loris Boichet reporting a new study that claims to show a shift in political opinion in France from the center to the center-right. According to Jérôme Fourquet, the author of the report, 13 percent of the French electorate locates itself on the left, 32… Read More
Perfect Man, Perfect Society?
July 22, 2020
Author: Chilton Williamson
My book of daily meditations for today (22 July, Wednesday in the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time in the Roman Catholic calendar) cites a passage from J. Urteaga’s book, Man the Saint. It reads: “Develop your character, your human faculties: develop them to the utmost degree. Everything which curtails your expansion, which limits your development,… Read More
Who Is the most Dangerous of Them All?
July 18, 2020
Author: Chilton Williamson
The American Establishment seems virtually agreed that China (after President Trump) is the principal and most dangerous enemy of the United States, against which it warns us almost daily. This opinion is in line with the Establishment’s historical preference to locate the greatest threats to the country somewhere conveniently beyond its own borders. China, for… Read More
The Home of the Brave
July 16, 2020
Author: Chilton Williamson
Vague and acrid as the ocherous smoke drifting in scarves and shoals from fires burning across the West, the specter of Range Reform pervaded the Rocky Mountain states last summer. In drought years, ranchers must move their cattle rapidly off one pasture and onto the next to prevent them from biting down the sparse short… Read More
Online Again
Author: Chilton Williamson
My apologies to subscribers and readers who have been unable to access chiltonwilliamson.com and The Divide Blog for the past week. We have been offline owing to complications resulting from a change from one host company to another, but hope to resume postings within the next 48 hours. Many thanks meanwhile for your patience. Chilton… Read More