On Democracy in America
Remember when a few protesters broke into the U.S. Congress building in January 2021? Security forces fired on them then, killing several, and later it was even described as a…
On equality and the progress of civilisation
When one becomes a program director at a top non-mainstream school, it gives you an amazing opportunity to hear a lot of great programs that you wouldn’t otherwise get to…
Deus ex machina
A few days ago I wrote that the key to peace in the Middle East lies in China. Now it turns out that Vladimir Putin holds that Chinese key. This…
Lessons from the Sociology of Religion and Other Stories
Religious monopoly leads to passivity. At least within the Western civilization. You want to create an absolutely atheistic nation? Establish one church, give it a prominent social status, and suppress…
On Liberal Totalitarianism and Other Stories
In the Czech Republic, where Soros groups have taken over, there are suggestions from those groups that people should be forbidden to say that the current regime is totalitarian. They…
The neoconservative panic and other stories
A colleague of mine, political scientist Professor Krejci, recently pointed out a methodological fallacy that is very common in the circles of Western politicians and analysts. Namely, that analysis is…