As grass-roots movements topple or weaken dictators and longtime ruling families across the Middle East, the phenomenon recalls another such blossoming of the democratic impulse. The year was 1848, an era when monarchies and royal families ruled much of Europe, relying on the still-lingering notion that God had somehow ordained their power (remember the "divine right of kings" from high school history class?). From Tunisia to Egypt to Libya, Americans are inclined to be optimistic about the future of these Middle Eastern nations -- and perhaps Saudia Arabia and Iran -- as they try to throw off a generation of autocratic rule. We reject the notion that the people of the region are any less capable of embracing democratic institutions and methods than are Americans or Europeans. But the l...
In the meanwhile, Senator Leahy of Vermont has slowed the flow of Merida Initiative help to Mexico because he is not thrilled by the Mexican government's not allowing soldiers to be prosecuted by civilian authorities for alleged mistreatment of drug criminals and others who have been caught up in the war. This interference is by a senator who never, as far as we know, ever interfered with Bill Clinton's unique "rendition" program that allowed suspected terrorists to be kidnapped on the street and sent to Egypt and other "friendly" countries for "interrogation" by local means and manners. [Obama] goes to Copenhagen twice and fails miserably. He went to China and flopped so badly it was a profound embarrassment to the rest of us, albeit we predicted during the campaign that's how Obama wo...
... bow to anyone much less dictators and "divine right of Kings" morons who would be selling shoes ...
To date the series consists of Cans' classic plus ten original works that address issues such as African American newspapers (Patrick Washburn's 2007 Tankard Book Award winner), literary journalism, technology, the military, public relations, and women and the press. A key catalyst in the process was the enlightened notion that religious believers could form their own relationship with God through their powers of thought, a "priesthood of the believer" that to some extent bypassed church authorities and signaled the demise of the divine right of kings.
Those who gazed into their crystal balls at the end of the 20th century to get a glimpse of coming attractions missed the main event. Islam, whether in the form of young jihadis who live to die killing those who live to live in freedom, or conservative oil sheiks and emirs clinging to divine-right-of-kings privileges by heaping praise on Hezbollah guerrillas, dominates our fear of what the future may bring. Perception is reality in most parts of the world but nowhere as much as in the Arab world and in the Muslim world beyond. Hezbollah ("Party of God"), listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S., is now seen as the clear victor over Israel, the Middle East's only democracy. For Israel to lose 116 soldiers is comparable to the U.S. losing 5,800 in 34 days of warfare (multiply by 50 ...
... of law and definers of the contours of rights in the United States. Nevertheless, one should alw... of unalienable human rights in the divine and believe that such divine rules should form the... shattering the uncontested divine right of kings." Simmons, supra note 38, at 440 (citing Micheline...
Holidays are a time when people reflect on the meaning of historical events. I often see home-schooling as a way of reseeding our nation with the truer principles and information that are the actual strength of our nation. The ideals that are quaint to most modern educators often are real-life guidelines to home educators. While the normal classroom teacher may dutifully share the facts of history with her students, the home-schooler often is living them. We study the Pilgrims - departing a safe, but decaying, society and starting fresh in an untamed land - as a model for those who want to live by a higher standard. We study the founding documents of our nation and marvel at how uncommon commoners debunked the idea of the divine right of kings.
... on eternally, embodied in his heirs and rightful successors to the throne. Along with this notion o... perfect sense to shift discussion from the divine right of kings to the divine right of majorities. ...
... England," he observes, "the myth of the divine right of kings gave way to two important, yet not ...
So Bruce Fein, the constitutional attorney, finally got off President Bush's imperial presidency and turned to the Senate, which seems to have tried and convicted Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and is making excuses to not seat former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris ("Seated in the Constitution," Commentary, Tuesday). Perhaps Mr. Fein should look at one of the entitlements of an imperial presidency, the pardon and commutation process open to any president. If that's in our Constitution, perhaps Mr. Fein should lead an amendment proposal since it has so notoriously been used. Doesn't it go back to the divine right of kings? Well, that ought to get Mr. Fein's blood up. ROBERT A. JERUSSI
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