Frank Furedi recently published a perceptive essay on the transformation of European politics. The traditional divide between left and right has largely dissolved. In its place stands an aggressive “center”…
We do not yet know what Venezuela’s next chapter will look like, what exactly the Americans will do, or how deeply they will intervene. But one thing is already becoming…
Nicolás Maduro committed the worst political crime imaginable: weakness. As I argued some time ago, there is only one real difference between a dictator and a legitimate ruler. A legitimate…
In recent days, I have been returning to a simple but increasingly neglected idea: that a person’s core sense of identity should grow primarily out of the life he actually…
We tend to approach New Year’s resolutions in a predictable way: by targeting precisely those areas where we are weakest. This year, I will finally stop wasting time on Facebook.I…
In recent months I have published several essays arguing that the fundamental political struggle is not, in fact, between “democracy” and “authoritarianism,” but between a potential sovereign—call him a king,…
