http://www.frumforum.com/the-inheritance-of-rome Building a conservatism that can win again Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:42:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.frumforum.com/the-inheritance-of-rome/comment-page-1#comment-76648 quote of the day | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:18:38 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=14345#comment-76648 [...] meat. The most important dividing line was the loss of the power and capacity to tax.” ~ David Frum, reviewing Chris Wickham’s The Inheritance of [...] [...] meat. The most important dividing line was the loss of the power and capacity to tax.” ~ David Frum, reviewing Chris Wickham’s The Inheritance of [...]

]]> http://www.frumforum.com/the-inheritance-of-rome/comment-page-1#comment-73306 For History Buffs | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:59:40 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=14345#comment-73306 [...] Frum reviews The Inheritance of [...] [...] Frum reviews The Inheritance of [...]

]]> http://www.frumforum.com/the-inheritance-of-rome/comment-page-1#comment-72513 Bebe99 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:10:22 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=14345#comment-72513 An important lesson from the fall of the Roman Empire should see more light--that of the multiple civil wars raging througout the end of the empire. These may have been the single most important cause of Rome's fall. We who are facing the biggest economic disaster of our country's history should have already buckled down to deal with it. Instead, much like the Romans and their civil wars, we engage in the same old conflicts over things that we can never agree on. Those must be put aside for a moment. There are some things we CAN agree on that could yet save our country. Manufacturing. A country that produces little or no manufactured goods has no real economy to stand on. We keep looking the other way on this--yet loss of our manufacturing industry is surely one of the most important issues of our day. It is an economic problem and a national security problem. Congress must take up this problem if we are to stop the debt from growing, stop risking our future security. An important lesson from the fall of the Roman Empire should see more light–that of the multiple civil wars raging througout the end of the empire. These may have been the single most important cause of Rome’s fall. We who are facing the biggest economic disaster of our country’s history should have already buckled down to deal with it. Instead, much like the Romans and their civil wars, we engage in the same old conflicts over things that we can never agree on. Those must be put aside for a moment. There are some things we CAN agree on that could yet save our country. Manufacturing. A country that produces little or no manufactured goods has no real economy to stand on. We keep looking the other way on this–yet loss of our manufacturing industry is surely one of the most important issues of our day. It is an economic problem and a national security problem. Congress must take up this problem if we are to stop the debt from growing, stop risking our future security.

]]> http://www.frumforum.com/the-inheritance-of-rome/comment-page-1#comment-69655 Living Through the Fall of Rome Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:29:54 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=14345#comment-69655 [...] My latest bookshelf entry discusses a superbly scholarly study of Europe in the Dark Ages, Chris Wickham’s The Inheritance of Rome. You can read it by clicking here. [...] [...] My latest bookshelf entry discusses a superbly scholarly study of Europe in the Dark Ages, Chris Wickham’s The Inheritance of Rome. You can read it by clicking here. [...]

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