The New Conformists
The French youth are supposedly staging a revolution. Really? Today’s seventeen-year-olds are doing exactly what their liberal teachers and liberal parents taught them to do, if they come from liberal…
The End of Market Fundamentalism
I am preparing a lecture on some of the most interesting figures in contemporary American political thought. As I work through their ideas, which naturally diverge in many directions, I…
How Habits Take Root
Healthy habits are more important for one’s future life than the mere acquisition of knowledge and skills. This principle should guide educational reform and government policy more broadly. But how…
Beyond Local Explanations
A common logical error is to explain general phenomena by pointing to problems that affect only particular cases. If a chemical behaves the same way in experiments conducted at every…
The Machinery of Local Power
The STAN party emerged as the winner of this weekend’s local elections in the Czech Republic, with its candidates securing victories across the country. I keep encountering expressions of astonishment…
The Missing Alternative
Yesterday’s seminar at the Jungmann National Academy was devoted to Karl Marx. The main session was led by Ivo Budil, but as so often happens, perhaps the most penetrating insight…