Electoral politics, particularly in Western Europe, is a toxic amalgam of power-madness, low cunning, and moral grandiosity. Of these, as St. Paul said of charity, moral grandiosity is the greatest: that is to say, not the best or most important in this particular context, but the most harmful. I suppose it is only natural for a man or woman ...
In life, we are always dancing on the edge of a volcano. The dance may last longer than it did in times gone by, what with the great increase of life ...
Enjoy your cheeseburgers and steaks when you fire up the grill this Fourth of July weekend, because they may not be available much longer. That's ...
Can you imagine if The New York Times had covered the Biden White House as closely as it covered Justice Samuel Alito's wife's collection of novelty ...
Let’s play a word-association game. Bing Crosby. What did you think of? “White Christmas”? Bob Hope? Chances are some of you thought ...
When is winning an election also simultaneously to lose it? According to most pundits, this week’s July 4 General Election here in the U.K. is due ...
The inclination to analyze politicians’ conduct by means of psychiatric diagnosis is growing. This is unsurprising in view of what was once called ...
