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Where to intervene? Where to bring democracy? Where to nation-build? I propose a single criterion: where it counts. Call it democratic realism. And this is its axiom: We will support democracy everywhere, but we will commit blood and treasure only in places where there is a strategic necessity—meaning, places central to the larger war against the e
... See moreCharles Krauthammer • Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
Ben Horowitz • The Architecture of Tomorrow: An Interview With Ben Horowitz
Dan Williams • On becoming less left-wing (Part 1)
Europe, as noted earlier, has in a short span of time gone from being the most predictable and stable region—one where history seemed to have truly ended (as suggested in an influential essay published in 1989 by the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama)—to something dramatically different. Democracy, prosperity, and peace all seemed firml
... See moreRichard Haass • The World
socialist politician Julius Tandler, who understood that these kinds of early-life investments were a way of avoiding criminalization later. He memorably declared, “He who builds children palaces tears down prison walls.” It wasn’t paradise. These were years
Naomi Klein • Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Survivors determine the future. Ruthless, but effective. But biologists
Brian Klaas • Fluke
Gideon Lewis-Kraus • Why Good Ideas Die Quietly and Bad Ideas Go Viral
Its founders wondered if it was possible to invent a new kind of justice system that would cure the ailments that a crime revealed instead of just locking up criminals.