political philosophy

What unites Trumpism with all the other isms of every age is the demand for authority. What makes authority attractive...

The biggest mistake we make in the Trump era is assuming Trump is doing everything. Trump isn’t doing everything. He’s...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UJOjTNuuEVw We're in the money. Come on, my honey, Let's spend it, lend it, send it rolling along.   What’s...

Over the last year my money has driven me slightly batty. This trip to the Netherlands, which I saw as...

Today the Netherlands celebrates 80 years of peace and freedom. It began yesterday at 8 pm with 2 minutes of...

Read any conventional history of the 20th century and you will find one big event missing. The 1918 “Spanish Flu”...

Whenever I look at Donald Trump I think of my dad. Like Trump, my dad was outwardly intimidating, and inwardly...

The test of democracy doesn’t occur when a candidate promises to do monstrous things. It doesn’t even come when the...

What I find most frustrating among liberals today is the belief that Donald Trump is an aberration, that he represents...

American democracy operates by the Golden Rule. He who has the money makes the rules. Every so often my old...