‘Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education’. — Franklin D. Roosevelt We are living in a time in which the line between the truth…
It came as no surprise to hear that the rogue, pariah state of North Korea is carrying out long-range ballistic missile testing, and it was no coincidence this test-run took place on the 4th of July, greatly exacerbating the tension…
It’s apt, in the weeks prior to a massive, democratic exercise such as an election, to consider our value institutions — and not just give them credit, but consider the ways in which we can improve them. I’m writing…
Everyone in Europe believed the continent was doomed to experience the 1930s again. With traditional politics out of the picture, rising alternative forces were an exclusive matter of nationalism and right-wing populism. Even after Donald Trump’s victory and Brexit, it…
The President’s rogue handling of international affairs may be, slowly, coming to an end with the establishment tightening his collar Trump’s appeal to forgotten America was forged by his anti-establishment rhetoric. For them, he offered something different from the…