You might expect policymakers to be scrambling to shore up academic standards. In fact, they are doing the opposite. The Economist March 18,...

The antinomian temptation   Translated into the political sphere, Rousseau’s ideas about freedom and virtue are a recipe for totalitarianism...

‘You keep speaking, and I’ll stand guard.’   The Morning Dispatch 21 February 2024 Threats of political violence are more common than you th...

Unlike Mao, whom he admired and followed in many respects, the leader of the Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, did not waste time on “reeducation” but...

History will teach us that the former has been found a much more certain road to the introduction of despotism than the latter, and that o...

  First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I...

It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is...