Guidelines and Ethics

1.  I reserve to right to correct spelling and grammar mistakes.
2.  The context of any posted story, while grammar and spelling might be addressed, will not be changed.
3.  All rights are reserved.  The Virtuous Republic 2007.
4.  Once posted, stories may be updated for accuracy, but they will not be pulled.  Updates will not change the original story and will be clearly marked as a correction or an update.


Comments

1.  Comments do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Virtuous Republic.
2.  Comments may be moderated or deleted, but not necessarily so.

Mission

The Virtuous Republic will comment of course on politics, international, national, and regional, but as the ancient Greeks knew, a well rounded citizen takes an interest in the arts, sports, technology, and the world around him.


About the Authors

1.  the Machiavellian looks at politics as a vessel to control, shape, repress, and yes, even improve people.  The end of a Republic is to limit the destructiveness of human nature and push him towards virtue.
2.  the Lockean believes that people are rational and naturally good and government should be limited so that man can achieve great things.
3.  Satan.  Who better than the devil to comment upon issues such as good and bad, human nature, and virtue.

About me

I have an undergraduate degree in geography and international affairs and a master's degree in political science, with emphasis on Canadian affairs and American political theory.   Would you like fries with that comment?