The Logic of Conspiracy
The conspiracy narrative surrounding 9/11 can be divided into three levels. The first level might go like this: The Israeli intelligence service was actually responsible. Mohamed Atta was in fact…
The Revolutionary Illusion
Last time, I wrote here about the tragedy of the left. It is a phenomenon in which a combination of passionate concern for the oppressed, various logical fallacies, and imprecise…
Tragedy of the Left
The phenomenon I call the tragedy of the Left combines a passionate commitment to liberating the oppressed with extremely poor analytical abilities. Originally noble intentions end exactly as one might…
The Power to Educate
The educational system of communist Czechoslovakia in the 1970s and 1980s is not coming back, so there is little point in debating whether its return would be desirable. No one…
The Missing Social Vision
In his account of the three waves of the Industrial Revolution, Professor Budil shows how the advent of new technologies transformed Western society. Steam engines created the nation (and the…
Nothing Left to Fear
The only justification for the rule of the liberal oligarchy rests on portraying utterly insane things that would supposedly happen if the liberal oligarchy were removed from power. But that…