On corporations and smartphones
Hardly a day goes by without a new study showing the adverse effect of mobile phones on children’s brains, and all sorts of bans and restrictions are being added. So…
On populism – Part II.
Yesterday we ended with the following questions: In what sense do Liberal Democrats use the word populism? What was the historical meaning of the word populism? So what do liberals…
On populismu – Part I.
From a reader’s letter: “Could you help me (us readers) to clarify the term “populism”, which is nowadays and daily used and, I think, often abused? If a political party…
On real laws
What are supreme courts for? Well, to tell us what laws apply. Naive people think they can read it in constitutions and codes. But they are mistaken. The real law…
On comfortable opposition
The opposition is trying to change the system, the ruling party is trying to prevent change. But it often happens that opposition activists find that fighting for change is quite…
Keepers of the true faith
There was a time when the sovereign was the guardian of the faith, and when that included the duty to deal with anyone who questioned the dogmas of the moment.…