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Countries Most Exposed to Chinese Influence Include the U.S. and Germany

John Mac Ghlionn March 1, 2023

Beijing knows that it will pay little, if any, price for its meddling. Until this changes, and until countries like the United States and Germany combat this more effectively, then we should expect Chinese influence to grow, not diminish.

The Spy Who Found His Conscience

Will Collins January 20, 2023

Authors Le Carré and Koestler saw through the moral justifications of 20th-century communism. They understood that tallying up lives saved and lost is a bad way to do business, particularly when the “lives saved” column is skewed by those in power.

Spanish Government Tightens Grip on Courts

Bridget Ryder December 14, 2022

The new norms are likely to become law by the end of the year, slipped in as amendments to other proposed changes to the penal code that would eliminate the crime of sedition and lower the legal consequences for misappropriating public funds.

The New Blasphemies

Roger Watson December 5, 2022

For there to be blasphemy there needs to be religion and, in this case, I am referring to the religions of identity politics and climate-change activism. These are not merely religions, however; they are the religions of fanatics.

Viral Democracy: The Pandemic and the True Nature of Our Politics

Christophe Buffin de Chosal May 25, 2022

No totalitarian state can firmly establish itself without identifying its enemies, those who are deemed to be dangerous for both state and society. This time, the scapegoats are the unvaccinated.

The Cautious Case for a Hayek Revival

Harrison Pitt February 28, 2022

Hayek’s ingenious arguments against a centrally run economy are equally devastating to the idea of a centrally run bio-security state.

The Case for Conservative Democracy

Sven R. Larson February 22, 2022

It is time to discuss a conservative replacement for liberal democracy.

Homer and Heroic Freedom

Titus Techera February 21, 2022

Protesting to assert our rights might give us a solution Achilles didn’t have when he contested Agamemnon’s authority. But we also lack something Achilles had—heroism—and so we find ourselves powerless.

Climate Leninism

Sven R. Larson January 14, 2022

To suggest that the scientific community can reach irrefutable consensus on anything but basic conceptual and axiomatic structures of a scientific discipline is to dismiss the most sacred process of the scholarly endeavor itself: the peer review process. Nothing guarantees the integrity of scientific progress like the free practice of scholarly thought.

COVID and the Cult of Utility

Harrison Pitt January 10, 2022

Never has libertarianism, a notoriously loud creed, been so hushed in its concern for liberty.

Tag: authoritarianism

Countries Most Exposed to Chinese Influence Include the U.S. and Germany

The Spy Who Found His Conscience

Spanish Government Tightens Grip on Courts

The New Blasphemies

Viral Democracy: The Pandemic and the True Nature of Our Politics

The Cautious Case for a Hayek Revival

The Case for Conservative Democracy

Homer and Heroic Freedom

Climate Leninism

COVID and the Cult of Utility

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