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Pragmatic politicians are doomed to fail
Max Weber's warning to Carney, Starmer, and other pragmatic politicians

Lionel Shriver: We live in an age of political mania
It’s dangerous and socially self-destructive to join the resistance


New political parties won't save democracy
The two-party system is crumbling, but democracy isn't necessarily saved

Creating populist martyrs is a dangerous game
Impeachment merely makes a martyr out of an opponent

John Gray and the end of the West's utopian dream
"The meaning of life... is gone before you know it."
The World & The Future

Obama's chief economist: Neoliberalism is the only game in town
"We don't have an alternative"
Piketty insists "it's time for Western countries to take the BRICS seriously"
The West must engage with the BRICS
The US, Iran, Israel, and the future of the Middle East
US strategic ambiguity in Iran has failed
Ideas & Ideology

Pragmatic politicians are doomed to fail
Max Weber's warning to Carney, Starmer, and other pragmatic politicians
Lionel Shriver: We live in an age of political mania
It’s dangerous and socially self-destructive to join the resistance
New political parties won't save democracy
The two-party system is crumbling, but democracy isn't necessarily saved
Creating populist martyrs is a dangerous game
Impeachment merely makes a martyr out of an opponent
Politics & Identity

Identity politics is not over, it's going to intensify
The ancient roots of identity politics
Gender is decided by experience, not biology or choice
Kant and de Beauvoir on the philosophy of gender