Quote of the Month

Writes Bionic Mosquito:

Such is our lot: legislation and regulation by men wiser than us and wiser than God.

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Passing of Captain von Trapp

Seven decades ago today, Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp passed away.

EvKL Passing at 18

18 years ago today, Erik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn passed away.

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Coronation of Nicholas II

Eleven squared years ago today, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Nicholas II was crowned in Moscow.

Convention in Philadelphia

23 decades ago today, the Constitutional Convention convened at Independence Hall in Phildelphia in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Jamestown in Virginia

A score squared years and a decade ago today (May 14 in the Julian Calendar), Jamestown was established.

Selective Service Act 100

A century ago today, the United States Selective Service Act was passed.

Constitution Day

Meeting in Philadelphia

230 years ago today, the Constitutional Convention started assembling in Phildelphia in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Maria Theresa

Three centuries ago today, Archduchess Maria Theresa, was born to Emperor Charles VI and Empress Elisabeth. Maria Theresa ascended the Habsburg throne in 1740 and was the mother-in-law of Louis XVI of France.

(No, Marie Antoinette was not the last Queen of France.)

Popular Sovereignty – Rather Pure

203 years ago today, the Norwegian Constitutional Convention passed the constitutional provision on constitutional amendments.

This provision was to be subject to much political conflict later in the 19^th century. It was argued that a constitutional amendment implicitly needed Royal Assent, and it can certainly be argued that that was part of constitutional law at times.

However, a doctoral thesis from 2011 has unfortunately shown convincingly and with high probability that the intent of the framers was a pure popular sovereignty system when it comes to the constituting (amendments included) authority.

This painting, created by Oscar Wergeland on assignment from a medical doctor on the losing side in the constitutional conflict of the 1870s and 1880s, hangs till this day in Parliament Hall:

Zita 125

Five quarters of a century ago today, Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma was born.

Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

Eight and a half dozen years ago today, the RMS Lusitania was sunk.

Trumped for a Hundred Days?

Donald Trump reached one hundred days in office on the hour at 1 PM EDT yesterday. If you count January as his first day, Saturday was his 100^th day. Over at Enter Stage Right, I have an essay with my take.

May Day

Things to do today (and you, of course, don't have to limit yourself to one of them):

• work – preferably in a way that it's obvious to a lot of people that you are working
• fly your flag on half staff to the memory of the death victims of Communism
• read The Black Book of Communism
• read Ludwig von Mises' Socialism
• read Nima Sanandaji's Debunking Utopia: Exposing the Myth of Nordic Socialism