Honestly, I’d be delighted if the Singaporeans sent over a cadre to teach us how to govern ourselves properly. (View Post)

It’s hard to see the behaviour of Justices Alito and Thomas as not being highly improper, on the part of judges. That’s not a matter of partisanship. (View Post)

I think Frank Herbert was wrong, and Hannah Arendt and Christopher Browning were right. Evil leaders are very rarely dark messiahs; they're ordinary men (and sometimes women), who quite suddenly… (View Post)

It’s funny. Assad would probably have led an entirely uneventful life, as an eye-doctor in the UK, had his brother not died in a car crash. (View Post)

Centre Left parties - other than the Danish Social Democrats - prioritise immigration over and above electoral success. (View Post)