Beauty and Ambition

In the Czech Republic, it has happened that a beautiful young woman, around twenty years old, has become a member of parliament for the Pirate Party. Foolish, but attractive. A…

Rule or Paralysis

Much has been written about how Viktor Orbán supposedly engineered a political system tailored to his own advantage—only for it to ultimately turn against him. I cannot claim insight into…

Why Orbán Still Matters

At this stage in the development of the European branch of Western civilization, several underlying trends are becoming difficult to ignore: First, the populations of European countries are, on the…

Testing Social Change

Conservatives—among whom I would count myself in this context—have long warned against unconsidered changes to social norms, cautioning that such innovations may carry risks we do not fully understand. When…

Simplifying Blame

One of the basic findings of psychology is that wherever strong emotions are involved, it becomes very difficult for us to observe a conflict with any degree of balance. We…