Writes “Bonald” over at his weblog Throne and Altar:
“Democracies don’t fight. WWI was a war between democracies and authoritarian states.” Why don’t we count Germany as a democracy? Everybody knows it had a deliberative body, the Reichstag, with multiple parties. Did the king have some remaining powers? Is that it? Democrats are real absolutists, aren’t they? It’s not enough to have a parliament; it must be all-powerful.previous
Over at Alternative Right, wrote Mr. Richard Spencer:
Mass democracy and tolerance are inherently wonderful, except when they aren't.
94 years ago today, the bête noire of this weblog learned of the Zimmermann Telegram.
Sixteen score and two years ago today (February 13 in the Julian Calendar), William and Mary were proclaimed sovereigns – in the so-called Glorious Revolution.
Best wishes to His Majesty King Harald V of Norway on his 74th birthday!
If only it were in my power to give His Majesty more power for his birthday.
An olympiad ago today, the Norwegian Parliament unanimously passed a Constitutional Amendment to include parliamentarism in the written Constitution – the day before His Majesty's 70th birthday.
A few months ago, yours truly applied for the post of Governor of Norges Bank.
Last Thursday, the Governor gave his annual address. Over at Liberaleren, yours truly has had an alternative address published (in Norwegian).
Two years short of a century ago today, Raymond Poincaré became President of the French Third Republic.
Four score and a dozen years ago today, a draft covenant for the League of Nations was presented by the Persona Non Grata of this weblog.
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