Viewpoints
The Real Authoritarian Challenge
Corruption Is the New Communism

It’s not an ideology, but it’s a threat all the same.

(Wikipedia)
Fighting Corruption With Comedy
Volodymyr Zelensky Is Ukraine’s Anti-Trump

The comedian frontrunner in Ukraine’s presidential election is no joke. He may even be the most rational choice for voters fed up with corruption.

(Charles Thevenin, Art Institute of Chicago)
Rational Conflict
What Macron Got Wrong

Macron’s ideology prevents him from grasping an important truth: Sometimes there are no “win-win” solutions.

Of Speech
The Rise of Unfreedom in the West

Our tradition of free debate, the sine qua non of democratic life, is increasingly under attack in academia, the media, and politics.

(Mrs. James Ward Thorne, Art Institute of Chicago)
Two Concepts of Europe
Emmanuel Macron: The Man Who Would Be King of Europe

Emmanuel Macron and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer represent two competing visions for Europe: one top-down and protectionist, the other diffuse and decentralized.

Destiny
The Coming Demographic Disruptions

Immigration is now a demographic imperative. The United States, EU, and other industrialized countries must figure out a way to handle it before it’s too late.

Chinese propaganda poster by Gu Yuan, 1951 (via Pinterest)
Print & Pixels
Sharp Power and Stock Villains

The Chinese have long paid close attention to the narratives being conveyed by popular culture. It’s about time we did the same.

Slovakia Returns to Normal
A Rebuke for Populism?

Slovakia seems set to elect a pro-Western reformist as President. Are we looking at a turning point for Europe?

(Art Institute of Chicago)
Popular Indecision
America’s Immigration Ambivalence

The reason immigration politics are so intractable is that America can’t make up its mind about what sort of immigrants it wants.

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5G-willikers!
The Tragedy of Our Tech-Besotted Age

Plumbing the origins of America’s rampant consumerism in its relentless technological optimism.

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