A Letter From Hong Kong
The myths of the obedient Hong Kong child, of the disciplined dronelike worker, of the person who puts money above everything else, are shattered for ever.
Peter Baehr
· 7 min read
Communism
A collection of 25 posts
The Communitarian Revival
The rising star of Pete Buttigieg—a young mayor of a blue-collar city whose political message leans heavily on the importance of faith and community and away from political orthodoxy—is a powerful testimony to the emerging market for applied communitarian thinking on the political Left.
John R. Wood, Jr.
· 10 min read
George Faludy: Hungarian Poet and Hero for Our Times
Faludy’s greatest weapon—what really allows him to swat away the mosquitoes of passing ideologies—is his delight in sensual pleasures.
Robin Ashenden
· 6 min read
Milan Kundera Warned Us About Historical Amnesia. Now It's Happening Again
Conflict-induced-apathy can be manipulated for political ends.
Ewan Morrison
· 8 min read
A Witch-Hunt on Instagram
Knitting, which helps lower the blood pressure and keep the mind busy, has enjoyed an upsurge in popularity in recent years.
Kathrine Jebsen Moore
· 10 min read
The Bolivarian God That Failed
The available scientific and statistical evidence (not to mention common sense) weighs strongly against belief in bodily resurrection from the dead.
Clifton Ross
· 21 min read
How Should We Read the Totalitarian Philosophers?
This is particularly true of Marx and (especially) Heidegger, who gave concrete support to parties and proposals that resulted in the deaths of millions of people.
Matt McManus
· 10 min read
What Can We Learn from Dictators' Literature?
Dictators, of course, are terrible people. They also tend to be terrible writers. Yet many tyrants have entertained the illusion that they were literary super geniuses. Mein Kampf and Quotations from Chairman Mao (aka The Little Red Book) are the best-known works in the dictatorial canon, but they represent only
Daniel Kalder
· 10 min read
Don't Get Fooled Again — The Continuing Necessity of Anti-Communism
The socialist experiment has been run and the results are in: it is a failure—Revolution => Dictatorship => Horror.
Murray Bessette
· 12 min read
Get 'Em While They're Young
Political and ideological indoctrination of children is most effective when it begins early.
Oliver Waters
· 13 min read