Jerry Salyer
Jerry Salyer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautics from Miami University and a Master of Arts from the Great Books Program of St. John’s College, Annapolis. A veteran of the US Navy, Mr. Salyer has navigated ships, deployed to the Persian Gulf, and served as an assistant security officer at the American naval base in Naples, Italy. He works as an educator and as a freelance writer.
Articles by Jerry Salyer
Democracy Is A Racket
War and Democracy by Paul Gottfried Arktos Media Ltd 170 pp., $21.00 In this slender volume Paul Gottfried addresses everything from the influence of ancient Greek thought on Oswald…
Catholic Education Today: Scientiam Viarum Tuarum Nolumus
About a month ago I happened upon a copy of The Concord, student newspaper of Bellarmine University. In particular my eye was caught by a letter to the editor whereby…
Is America Too Big?
Is the United States dysfunctionally large, and thus destined to go the way of the giant radioactive ants once seen in old sci-fi movies? That’s the question raised by this video…
Standing Athwart History Crying, “Me Too!”
The GOP strategists once again react to getting clobbered by calling for an embrace of their (alleged) opponents' policies. After all, if only Romney could've distanced himself from pro-life fanatics…
Decision 2012: Rootin’ For Putin
The folks at Conservative Heritage Times have kindly asked me to participate in a virtual symposium -- something similar to those being held by the FPR editors and the American Conservative writers. Anyone curious…
Tocqueville and Beyond
In a recent interview Chilton Williamson talks about his new book After Tocqueville, described by former FPR contributor John Willson as “the best book on democracy in the past hundred years.”…
Eros, Agape, and Community
From the The Orthosphere come Part I and Part II of the pseudonymous physicist Bonald's reflections on Christianity, love, and community--reflections based in part upon the work of one of the twentieth century’s…
Neil Armstrong, R.I.P.
Regardless of how one may feel about the Space Age, the reticent Midwesterner who passed away Saturday was an American hero if ever there was one. Prior to his historic race with…
The Anti-tradition of Modern Art
Those acquainted with Tom Wolfe's essay “The Invisible Artist” or Solzhenitsyn's “Playing On The Strings Of Emptiness” will find a familiar theme in this recent New English Review piece by poet…
Agrarianism & Gay Marriage
Rod Dreher has an American Conservative post up expressing concern regarding Wendell Berry’s views on “gay marriage”. Dreher is reacting to statements like the following, made by Berry during a…
On Recent Supreme Court Rulings
As July Fourth approaches and we all pat ourselves on the back for being so free, the folks at Chronicles have had a field day with recent SCOTUS decisions, focusing especially on Bush II-appointee…