Goodbye to Hong Kong?
For classical liberals, Hong Kong had been a beacon of hope for half a century.
Marian L. Tupy
· 6 min read
History
A collection of 350 posts
Captain Cook and the Colonial Paradox
Cook is best understood as a quintessential figure of the European Enlightenment, with all the consequences flowing from that, positive and negative.
Adam Wakeling
· 22 min read
Dumbing Fascism Down, Then And Now
Stalin publicly misused the term so often, in fact, that Princeton history professor Stephen Kotkin has suggested he lacked a fundamental understanding of the word’s meaning.
Bradford H.B.
· 8 min read
Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization—A Review
Gregg finishes the book by concluding that the success of Western civilisation rests on the “four theses” of creation, freedom, justice, and faith.
Adam Wakeling
· 13 min read
The War of Return—A Review
The War of Return is an important book and, unquestionably, a welcome corrective to the plethora of myths, lies, and misconceptions that litter the discourse on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Benjamin Kerstein
· 19 min read
Lessons in Death and Life from the Diaries of Samuel Pepys
In Pepys’s time a scarlet cross on the door denoted an infected household and sentinels stood guard outside to keep people inside.
Colin Fleming
· 8 min read
Seven Reflections on Isolation
Social isolation can be so stressful that it “disrupts brain development (in younger members of social species) and leads to mental health problems later in life.”
Marc Frazier
· 11 min read
Social Distancing During the Black Death
The Black Death wiped out half the population of Europe in the space of four years.
James Hankins
· 5 min read
Sorry, New York Times, But America Began in 1776
There is no reason—no reason at all—that middle-class American Blacks or Appalachian whites cannot be expected to perform at the same level as recent immigrants from the Philippines.
Wilfred Reilly
· 10 min read
Putin at the World Holocaust Forum
The indecency of this spectacle was compounded by the fact that Putin was allowed to posture as the savior of Kremlin hostage Naama Issachar, whom he pardoned after his trip.
Cathy Young
· 8 min read
Holbrooke and the 68ers
Our Man tells a tidier story than The Unwinding because it focusses on one man, and the analogy between Holbrooke and the country he served holds up remarkably well throughout the book.
Matt Johnson
· 28 min read
Bravery and Betrayal: The Peculiar Case of Ágnes Heller
Heller’s overarching message, the consistently identifiable thread woven through her oeuvre, seems to have been this: find a cause and seize it.
Jelena Vuckovic
· 11 min read
Confucius Got It Right: Giving in to ‘Bias’ Is Part of Living an Ethical Life
No one wants to be “victim” of someone else’s biases, but almost everyone is comforted by the idea that one’s brother, mother, or uncle is heavily biased in their favor.
Stephen T. Asma
· 6 min read
Build Your Own Intellectual Oasis
Live your own life, worry about your own problems, and let others worry about theirs.
Bill Frezza
· 7 min read
'White Christmas' and the Triumphs of the Greatest Generation
Viewed as a romantic comedy, a bromance, or a musical, White Christmas may seem like just a lightweight piece of Hollywood fluff. But considered as a hymn to post-war America, it acquires additional depth.
Kevin Mims
· 11 min read