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A little belatedly, here’s July Pegasus.

This issue commemorates our 40th anniversary.

To mark the occasion, various people who have been affiliated with us throughout the years offer their thoughts and reflections. We also include some archival documents, with short summaries.

We conclude with a piece from Michael Hartoonian on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I would be most interested in your thoughts and feedback.

Here is an excerpt from Steve’s new book, America vs. the Overclass: How a New Elite Corrupted Our Nation and What We Can Do to Stop Them, provided by RealClear Politics.

He’s been on both local and national media discussing it.

As I read about growing resentment of and even some degree of consternation over the turn in American leadership in international affairs, destabilizing security expectations and long-standing friendships around the world, I would not be surprised if you would take an interest in an analysis of what has happened to America.

A short video trailer was recently made introducing my new book, America vs. the Overclass: How a New Elite Corrupted Our Nation and What We Can Do to Stop Them, by an American who shares that sense of displacement.  You may watch that trailer here:

Here are a few more short videos on relevant and timely topics.  They include:

–Talking About a Trillion

–Short, Nasty and Brutal

–Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

–Catholic Social Teaching and the Caux Principles

All our videos can be found here.

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Here’s June Pegasus.

In this issue, various fellows of ours commemorate and offer their thoughts on the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

Michael Hartoonian and yours truly also offer our perspectives.

Happy birthday America!

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an historic decision about how power is to be used under our Constitution.  The court overruled a previous case from the 1930s which gave federal bureaucratic agencies created by the Congress the privilege of acting arbitrarily and capriciously as a fourth branch of government, ahead of the people and independent of both the president and in many ways, the courts.

This Supreme Court decision, therefore, vindicates and ratifies the Caux Round Table’s Principles for Government.

By coincidence, today, my publisher, RealClear Publishing, is releasing my new book, America vs. the Overclass: How a New Elite Corrupted Our Nation and What We Can Do to Stop Them, on what has gone wrong with my country.  My thesis has been vindicated by this new Supreme Court decision, as well.

Please click here for more information and how you can order a copy.

I hope you will read it and gain a new perspective on American history.

A little belatedly, here’s May Pegasus.

This issue delivers four different essays, all of them focused on how we can create a better civilization and communal life in a time of conflict and difficulty.

First, I write about the pursuit of happiness. 

Secondly, Michael Hartoonian, in his essay “Toward a Theory of Constitutional Citizenship,” builds on my points, underscoring the role of a citizen in building the framework for the pursuit of happiness.

Next, Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi strengthens Michael’s argument that the pursuit of happiness is not simply given, but must be earned, in his piece, “A Disoriented Society in Search of Spiritual Pluralism: Fraternity and the Social Doctrine of the Church as a Horizon for Coexistence.”

Lastly, we include an excerpt from Ki-Chan Kim, professor emeritus at the Catholic University of Korea, from a talk he gave on a fragmented world in search of spirituality to the general assembly of the pontifical foundation Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice international conference in late May at the Vatican.

I would be most interested in your thoughts and feedback.

Here are a few more short videos on relevant and timely topics.  They include:

–The Caux Round Table’s Special Relationship with the Vatican

–General Abrams and How to Think About War

–Principles Meet In the Middle

All our videos can be found here.