If government is the problem and society does not exist, then the role of the state is reduced once again to that of facilitator.
He [Gorbachev] did initially oppose the absorption of a united Germany into NATO; and even after conceding the point in principle* continued to insist that NATO troops not be allowed to move 300 kilom...
Finding a homeland is not the same as dwelling in the place where our ancestors once used to live. —KRZYSZTOF CZYZEWSKI
A democracy of permanent consensus will not long remain a democracy.
We need to learn... how war brutalises and degrades winners and losers alike and what happens to us when, having heedlessly waged war for no good reason, we are encouraged to inflate and demonise our...
Stejně jako mnoho dalších přeživších se v této době cítili bezpečněji v poraženém Německu než v osvobozených zemích na východě.
Re-surfaced.
Open societies will once again be urged to close in upon themselves, sacrificing freedom for ‘security’.
Had brought Stalin credibility and influence, in the counsels of governments and on the streets.
What is the measurable cost of depriving isolated citizens of access to metropolitan resources? How much are we willing to pay for a good society?
We must distinguish better than some of our predecessors between desirable ends and unacceptable means.
Under Khrushchev, Stalin-era laws restricting job mobility were abandoned, the official workday was shortened, minimum wages were established and a system of maternity leave introduced, along with a n...
Today, neither Left nor Right can find their footing.
Thus the incidence of mental illness correlates closely to income in the US and the UK,
The welfare states of continental Europe—what the French call the Etat providence, or providential state—followed yet a third model. Here, the emphasis was primarily on protecting the employed citizen...
The victory of conservatism and the profound transformation brought about over the course of the next three decades was thus far from inevitable: it took an intellectual revolution.
The more equal a society, the greater the trust. And it is not just a question of income: where people have similar lives and similar prospects, it is likely that what we might call their ‘moral outlo...
The moral courage required to hold a different view and to press it upon irritated readers or unsympathetic listeners remains everywhere in short supply.
The Iraq war saw the overwhelming majority of British and American public commentators abandon all pretense at independent thought and toe the government line.
The European dilemma is