THREE TESTED WAYS
There are three tested ways to undermine an autocrat according to Gene Sharp, the author of a playbook for combating dictators and all autocrats. “I …
SOUNDBITE WORLD
We all know that we are in a soundbite world. It doesn’t matter if you spend your life on the phone, just read news feeds, …
A GOOD STATUS REPORT
A good status report: On May 8, political scientists Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way, and Daniel Ziblatt published an op-ed in the New York Times reminding readers that …
PRITZKER
This blog is an article by Heather Cox Richardson on a spectacular speech by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. I think it follows in the footsteps …
DAVID BROOKS
The following column, written by David Brooks, a conservative in the traditional sense of the word, appeared in the New York Times last week. I …
PARIS
Cars have been banned from more than 100 streets in Paris. Tens of thousands of parking spots have been eliminated. Hundreds of miles of bike …
FRIEDMAN
I thought that this article by Thomas Friedman of the New York Times was an important analysis of the current political situation in the U.S. …
CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES
I reported on the Confucius Institutes some time ago but, given their potential, and most-likely planned, influence and propaganda directives from the Chinese Communist Party, …
THE BALTIC STATES
We, in the United States, have little understanding, and even less real knowledge, of the constant, nagging fear that Russian aggression imposes of virtually all …
60 Minutes
The “60 minutes” program on CBS TV channel has been an icon of news reporting for over 40 years. It consistently has superior ratings, and …