Debate on Foreign Policy at Federalist Society
But Where Are They Going? At the annual meeting of the Federalist Society last November I spoke/debated about the issue of “Limited Government and Spreading Democracy: Uneasy Cousins?” (See the…
Political Theory
National Socialism Appraised Early On
David’s Medienkritik, which reports on media coverage in Germany, has done a signal service by making available an essay by S. Miles Bouton from The American Mercury, “Why Germany Endures…
A Great New Scholarly Resource
My friend Alberto Mingardi has informed me of a new resource from the Instituto Bruno Leoni: a scholarly resource on the ideas and work of the great scholar for whom…
For Political Scientists: A New Form of State
“The KGB’s post-Soviet ‘commercialization’,” by Victor Yassmann. One useful element is a partial list of assassinated Russian figures who have been around KGB circles. (Note previous post on the topic.)…
Leonard Read’s “Neither Left Nor Right”
Leonard Read lit a great lamp for freedom in very dark times. His essay “Neither Left Nor Right” is now available in Russian and in Arabic. It’s short, simple, clear,…
Political Scientists, Take Note: A New Kind of State Formation
Siloviki-Statism: The ideology and structure of a state run by a tightly coordinated network of past and present secret security officers, who are also political office holders and corporate owners,…
Leftist-Islamist Alliance
An old friend sent me the Wall Street Journal article by Andrew Higgins on “Anti-Americans on the March: Inside the unlikely coalition of the U.S.’s sworn enemies, where Communists link…
Brink Lindsey’s Modest Proposal in The New Republic
Shifting to the Left My colleague Brink Lindsey, author of the excellent book Against the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism, has made an interesting proposal in The…
Petro-State Corruption On Display
Hugo Chavez, who first came to national attention when he led a military coup attempt in 192, is on his way to buying a massive reelection victory, thanks to high…
A Real Liberal Under Attack in Turkey for Defending Freedom
A True Liberal: Neither Suppress Religion, Nor Impose It A respected friend, Dr. Atilla Yayla, has been dismissed from his teaching position and pilloried in the press in Turkey for…