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On the Killing of Enemy Sovereigns 

7+ hour, 46+ min ago  (674+ words) So the killing of foreign leaders during peacetime seems generally impermissible. The question remains, however, whether it might be permissible within the framework of just war theory when two nations are at war." Were that correct, then it could certainly…...

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thepublicdiscourse.com > 2026 > 01 > 100052

Why Are Conservatism and Modern Liberalism at War? 

2+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (502+ words) The crisis is not merely political, but metaphysical. Both have detached partial goods'freedom and order'from participation in the transcendent good that grounds them. Separated from that whole, each becomes a privation of what it'sought'originally to serve: liberalism's will to freedom…...

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“Operation Absolute Resolve” and Just War Tradition 

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (236+ words) Was the'removal and arrest of Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan dictator in power since 2013, justified according to the just war tradition?" The answer is yes, with a small'caveat. It will depend, in fact, on what happens in the next weeks and…...

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thepublicdiscourse.com > 2026 > 01 > 99905

What is Zionism? What is Christian Zionism? 

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (675+ words) We cannot truly call on God, the Father of all, if we refuse to treat in a brotherly way any man, created as he is in the image of God. Man's relation to God the Father and his relation to…...