Tag: Republic

Has the Revolution Toppled the Constitution?

America stands on the brink of the abyss, according to historian and Hillsdale College Professor of Politics, Kevin Slack. But a new movement has begun to rise up to fight for the American way of life and to conserve the American people. In this inspiring and thought-provoking new episode of Over the Target, Lee Smith…


[PREMIERING at 11:00AM ET] Has the Revolution Toppled the Constitution?

America stands on the brink of the abyss, according to historian and Hillsdale College Professor of Politics, Kevin Slack. But a new movement has begun to rise up to fight for the American way of life and to conserve the American people. In this inspiring and thought-provoking new episode of Over the Target, Lee Smith…


First Republic Hit With 1,000 Job Cuts After California Bank Was Seized and Sold to JPMorgan

NEW YORK—About 1,000 employees of First Republic Bank are being let go about a month after it was seized by regulators and acquired by JP Morgan Chase. The vast majority of First Republic employees, roughly 7,200 before it ran into trouble, were offered jobs by JPMorgan, meaning that about 15 percent of the bank’s employees…


Top Met Officer Denies Political Pressure to Clampdown on Coronation Protesters

A senior Metropolitan Police officer has denied they were under any political pressure to clampdown on anti-monarchist groups protesting during the coronation of King Charles III. Six members of the campaign group Republic, including its CEO Graham Smith, were arrested in central London on the morning of the coronation and detained for 16 hours. A…


Removing the Monarch From the Australian $5 Note Is Unjustifiable

Commentary Symbols matter. They tells us what the organisation or society treasures. For the Christian, faith the symbol of the cross is deeply meaningful. For a soldier willing to lay down his life for his country, the national flag is a significant emblem—in Australia, its sown on their uniform. Freedom movements, political movements, and community…


A Republic If You Can Teach It

Commentary President Biden has a civics lesson that he is fond of and regularly repeats. It is about how the United States is unique in the world because of the founding ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. “Unlike every other nation on Earth, we were founded based on an idea,” he notes before adding…


Georgetown Classics Professor: ‘Rome Is a Cautionary Tale’

Josiah Osgood, one of the leading scholars on the subject of ancient Rome, is a professor of classics at Georgetown University and has written extensively on the subject of the fall of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. While on “The Sons of History” podcast, he discussed his latest book, “Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar…


Labor’s Push for a Republic

Commentary The 31st Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, has unveiled his ministry. It consists of a total of forty-two ministers who were sworn in on June 1 by Governor-General David Hurley. One notable choice is the appointment of Matt Thistlethwaite as Assistant Minister for the Republic. Although the appointment has attracted only a limited…


Trash Strike Ends as Teamsters Accept Republic’s ‘Last, Best and Final Offer’

SAN DIEGO—Unionized sanitation workers voted 137–70 Jan. 17 to end a month-long trash strike staged amid a labor dispute with private garbage hauler Republic Services. The sanitation workers represented by Teamsters Local 542 voted to end the strike just hours before an ultimatum from San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria would have compelled Republic to “meet…


Increased Devotion

Commentary How sleep the Brave, who sink to Rest, By all their Country’s Wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy Fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallow’d Mould, She there shall dress a sweeter Sod Than Fancy’s Feet have ever trod. By Fairy Hands their knell is rung, By Forms unseen their Dirge is sung; There…