‘Return to Order’ Earns Ninth Book Award

Return to Order 'Return to Order' Earns Ninth Book Award

CHANDLER, AZ (Nov. 20, 2014) – The newest award earned by Return to Order underscores the author’s message that America needs to find its moral compass now more than ever. The book, written by John Horvat II, vice president for The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP), was recently named … Read more

Return to Order Now Stocked at KU Bookstore

Return to Order Return to Order Now Stocked at KU Bookstore

Written by Gary Isbell. Since its publication, the book, Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society —Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here, and Where We Need to Go, has spread far and wide. The book’s author, John Horvat II, is happy to announce that the book is now being … Read more

The Difference Between a Job and Work

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It is interesting to note the different perceptions of how people perceive what they do for a living. Finance professor Bernard Lietaer makes the distinction by noting the original meanings of the words ‘job’ and ‘work.’ He writes: The word ‘Job’ is recent; it dates from the Industrial Revolution. It was initially defined as a … Read more

The Model of Life Proposed by Advertising

Return to Order The Model of Life Proposed by Advertising

The modern world was founded on the myth of maximum production and consumption. It installs technology as a means to ensure collective survival, allow more efficient control of life and provide solutions to all problems. Through the use of advertising, it proposes a utopia which is actually unattainable in this vale of tears. Nevertheless, sociologist … Read more

New Video: A Look at Return to Order

Return to Order New Video: A Look at Return to Order

An exciting new video has just been released that gives an in depth explanation of the book, Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society—Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here and Where We Need to Go. The April 2 release provides extensive interviews with author John Horvat II, who explains how the book was … Read more

Dutch Catholic Paper Features Return to Order

Return to Order Dutch Catholic Paper Features Return to Order

Written by Gary Isbell. In the January 31 issue of the Dutch Catholic paper, Katholiek Nieuwsblad, staff writer Henk Rijkers interviews author John Horvat II about his book, Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society. The Dutch-language interview was given during a successful book signing tour in Belgium and Holland … Read more

The Tragedy of Unrepresentative Characters in Society

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Excerpt from the talk, “Representative Characters: Our Hope for Reestablishing Order in Society” given by Michael Whitcraft at the 2013 TFP National Conference on October 27, 2013 As I stated at the beginning of my talk, the next thing that we will deal with is what I will call, anti-representative characters. We see these spread … Read more

An Official and “Unofficial” Presentation at Ghent U.

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

Gooey Butter Cakes

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

Why a Rule of Honor?

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By Prince Bertrand of Orleans-Braganza The following article was taken from the keynote speech delivered by Prince Bertrand of Orleans-Braganza on October 27 at the American TFP’s 2013 National Conference in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. The theme of the event was centered around the book, Return to Order. The book, Return to Order, tells us that … Read more