The Editor's Corner

Insights, short-posts, and general ramblings from owner/editor Justin Stapley.

Betraying Allies Is Not the Way to Avoid Being the World’s Police
August 14, 2020
The President's foreign policy, or lack thereof, amounts to little more than instinctual appeasement and retreatism. By refusing to keep faith with our allies, he is quite literally surrendering America's place in the world order.[read more]
The Last Full Measure of Devotion
August 13, 2020
A House resolution has been introduced to award Lt. Eric Fisher Wood Jr. the Medal of Honor for his fight to the death behind enemy lines in the Battle of the Bulge. [read more]
The Value of Dissent
August 12, 2020
In the times that try men's souls, sometimes the best thing we can do is stand athwart the zeitgeist and offer a principled dissent.[read more]
“All or Nothing”
August 11, 2020
Are Democrats more interested in being able to say the President effectively did nothing than they are in helping Americans struggling through the Covid-19 crisis? [read more]
Shall We Play a Game?
August 10, 2020
Explaining the zero-sum game that American politics has devolved into using a little bit of ‘80s pop culture.[read more]
The Progress of Leviathan
August 7, 2020
Trumpism is simply the inevitable result of a century-long expansion of federal authority and the centralizing of power in the US Presidency.[read more]
The Persistence of Mad Kings in Literature and History
August 5, 2020
Again and again in both fact and fiction, those who never should have been given the reins of power are enabled by those who can't resist the lure of having access to that power.[read more]
The Crazy Uncle Election
August 3, 2020
These guys shouldn't be put in charge of Thanksgiving Dinner, let alone the US government.[read more]
Case Studies in Reanimation
July 24, 2020
Burn-it-down populists think they're creating a new story, but they're only setting the stage for a repeat of lessons already learned over the course of history. [read more]
Link: Does the Constitution Hang by a Thread?
July 23, 2020
The US Constitution hangs by far fewer threads than it did even a few years ago. But of those threads, I will say this: there may be few, but they have the capacity to be strong.[read more]
Masks and Social-Distancing: What Would the Founders Say?
July 10, 2020
Yes, there's the question of liberty. But, there is also the question of civic duty.[read more]
‘Woke’ Ideology Is Damaging the Fabric of Society
July 3, 2020
By embracing the current ethnic tensions as an "us vs. them" scenario, radical proponents of social justice are assuring it will become exactly that.[read more]
Censorship and Amplification
July 1, 2020
Freedom of speech does not translate into a right of amplification using someone else's private platform.[read more]
There’s More Than One Kind of TDS
July 1, 2020
Derangement in the era of Trump goes both ways.[read more]
Everybody’s Angry
June 30, 2020
Burn-It-Down Populism is no less destructive coming from the Left as it is coming from the Right.[read more]
On Social Justice and the American Dream
June 29, 2020
It is easy to see injustice in society and to call for social justice reform. It is far harder to define what social justice looks like and what kind of reform would actually lead to it.[read more]
Mask Mandates and The Violence Inherent In The System
June 29, 2020
Every law put forward by the government that dictates the behavior of citizens adds another situation where police must confront citizens and enforce the law.[read more]
Link: What Are Constitutional Values?
June 25, 2020
The US Constitution doesn’t exist in a vacuum. There are strong ideological and philosophical underpinnings behind its provisions and framework.[read more]
What About Limited Government?
June 24, 2020
In a contest between nationalists and progressives, the founding vision is no where to be found.[read more]
A One-Two Punch Has Made American Carnage All Too Real
June 23, 2020
Political movements on both sides of the aisle have placed narrative over common sense and severely wounded the economic outlook of inner-city African Americans for years to come.[read more]

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Justin Stapley is the owner and editor of The Liberty Hawk and the voice of the Self-Evident Podcast. His principles and beliefs are grounded in the idea of ordered liberty as expressed in the traditions of classical liberalism, federalism, and modern conservatism.

Latest posts by Justin Stapley (see all)

The Liberty Hawk is Now on Medium - December 9, 2020
Betraying Allies Is Not the Way to Avoid Being the World’s Police - August 14, 2020
The Last Full Measure of Devotion - August 13, 2020