The Terry Lowry interview of John Horvat on Houston’s KKHT 100.7FM aired on December 9, 2013 about his book Return to Order and how it relates to the practice of medicine. If we had problems in the delivery of healthcare before, the current standardization under “Obamacare” further mechanizes medicine. What are the human institutions that … Read more
A review of Infiltrated: How to Stop the Insiders and Activists Who are Exploiting the Financial Crisis to Control Our Lives and Our Fortunes (McGraw-Hill Professional, August 2013) by Dr. Jay Richards written by John Horvat II All too often economic decisions are not determined by the facts on the ground but by the way … Read more
It is ironic that a company that specializes in medieval reenactments would fail to consider imitating the period in its celebration of Christmas. However, that is what happens at the popular restaurant chain Medieval Times. Employees are working on Christmas. Sign Petition In fact, workers in the Middle Ages only worked 120-150 days in the … Read more
I have wondered how student groups would react to Return to Order. After all, the socio-economic concepts in the book are very conservative and traditional. And the modern myth is that students are neither conservative nor traditional. It was hard to know what to expect. Such concerns were in mind at the first student-only meeting/signing … Read more
When you think of Holland, there are all sorts of images that come to mind; dams, canals, picturesque cities and windmills. During a Return to Order book signing event in Amsterdam, it provided a taste of Holland that lived up to the legend. The November 29 event was held at Amsterdam’s St. Agnes’ Church in a … Read more
By Michael Jordan. In the book, Return to Order, John Horvat talks about healthy regionalism in this way: “Accordingly, they come to understand that their region is made for them and they for their region. For them, the region has a wide variety of supreme delights that no other place can offer.” The following article … Read more
By Michel de Keukelaere. If there is any structure that is contrary to the organic Christian society discussed in the book Return to Order, it is the highly centralized bureaucratic European Parliament. The presentation of this book was, so to speak, almost in the belly of the beast. It was an unlikely place to have … Read more
If you believe that Thanksgiving is to thank God for what we have, not to buy more things you don’t have or need, then please send Macy’s this urgent petition message: Don’t Open on Thanksgiving SIGN PETITION The department store Macy’s has never opened for business on Thanksgiving in all its 155 years! Bending to … Read more
Reasons Why Obamacare Must be Opposed from a Return to Order Perspective Of all the reasons to oppose the Affordable Care Act, popularly labeled Obamacare, one stands out: the soulless nature of the law. It is ironic that a system that claims to be so humane in its intention would be so inhuman in its … Read more
One of the problems of modern economy is that it often ignores the fact that economy should be an authentic expression of the culture of a people. Lose that element and something of the heart and soul of economy is lost. When there is a close interrelationship between producers, inhabitants, and the locality, an economy … Read more
