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The New Sick Man of Europe, Part ll

In the posting of February 14 (The New Sick Man of Europe), I pointed out…

Factoids #1

Factoids That Should Make You Think Even though we are surrounded by scores of information…

Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning by Nigel Biggar

We seem to be living in a time when a goodly portion of humanity, the…

Committed to Failure

It never ceases to amaze me how individuals and governments can pursue and believe in…

Is it Too Late?

What do you call a country where 70% of prison inmates are from one group,…

To the Gate of Hell: the Memoir of a Panzer Crewman by Armin Bottger

This is a most unusual little book, for it goes against the grain in terms…

The Two Edged Sword of Intellectuals

I have always been conflicted about intellectuals. On the one hand, it must be a…

The Treason of Intellectuals

Niall Ferguson is a noted historian and social commentator. In this interview, he discusses and…

Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline by Montesquieu

Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu was from the middle…