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Arguing with a Dead Man

Tsvi Bisk Abstract: This is a letter to the late Christopher Hitchens, disputing his take on the historical role of the concept (not the reality) of monotheism as being utterly evil. It posits that monotheism played a vital role in … Continue reading

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The Future of Constitutionalism – Part 1

The Future of Constitutionalism: Constitutionalize before You Democratize by Tsvi Bisk   Executive Summary This article is about the future of democracy based on constitutionalism. What do we mean when we say democracy, fair elections, and constitutionality? What has been … Continue reading

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The Future of Constitutionalism – Part 2: A Historical Overview of Constitutionalism

A Historical Overview of Constitutionalism Introduction It is one of the axioms of good futuristic methodology that to know where we are going and could possibly go we must first examine where we are and how we got here. For futurists, “history … Continue reading

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The Future of Constitutionalism – Part 3: The English Speaking World

The English Speaking World England and the United States are central to the history of constitutionalism. The Magna Carta is the first written document limiting the power of the sovereign, compelling him to recognize that he is bound by the “Common Law” like … Continue reading

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The Future of Constitutionalism – Part 4: The March of Constitutionalism in the 20th Century

The March of Constitutionalism in the 20th Century Constitutionalism defeated the three great totalitarian movements of the twentieth century: Fascism, Soviet Communism, and Nazism. I predict it will also prevail over Jihadism and Chinese Communism in the twenty-first century. Let us review … Continue reading

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The Future of Constitutionalism – Part 5: Ideological Conflicts

Ideological Conflicts—Marxism, Utopianism, and Utilitarianism Constitutionalism works because it makes peace with human imperfection and is a self-correcting system that abjures perfection and tries to make things a little bit better. Categorical certainty and the definite article (the problem, the solution) are the … Continue reading

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The Future of Constitutionalism – Part 6: Universal Issues That Affect the Development Of Constitutionalism

The Future of Constitutionalism We have seen how philosophy, religion, greed, history, culture and technology as well as natural, positive and historical law have converged to generate a general constitutionalist trend in history. How might these forces be used to assure the global … Continue reading

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The Future of Constitutionalism (full article)

The Future of Constitutionalism: Constitutionalize before You Democratize by Tsvi Bisk   Executive Summary This article is about the future of democracy based on constitutionalism. What do we mean when we say democracy, fair elections, and constitutionality? What has been … Continue reading

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The War on Islamism – Part 5

  The Challenge of Oil and So-Called Moderate Arab States   The dirty little (well-known) ‘secret’ of the War on Islamism is that Saudi petrodollars have been financing “poisonous Islamist extremism” world over. Saudi Arabia is the home of the … Continue reading

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The War on Islamism – Part 4

  What must be done?   First of all the Europeans must take back their own countries. Before they preach to Israel to ‘end the occupation’ they must end the occupation of large sections of their own countries by their … Continue reading

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