Josef Stalin’s top henchman famously said, “show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.� What it meant was that Soviet justice was about politics, not the rule of law. First decide who, for political reasons, is to be punished, and then the state will provide the crimes for which he will be charged.... Read More

Steve Bannon, a former White House strategist and Breitbart editor, was finally kicked out of an Italian monastery, which even Newsweek wittily described as a “far-right boot camp�. This author, along with a few others, has been warning for some time that the former Trump’s top advisor had crossed all lines, and began directly interfering... Read More

According to Machiavelli and his modern interpreter James Burnham, moderation is never the best policy. If an enemy is defeated, he must either be turned into a friend through generosity or completely crush him. Keeping someone as an enemy without destroying him guarantees he will rise against you in the future. President Trump has governed... Read More

It keeps happening: “Conservatives� claim Martin Luther King, Jr. would agree them. King family members and historians rebut the claim. Conservatives continue to believe in fake history. Smart people end up despising conservatives, who clearly have no evidence to support their views. The moral authority of King is elevated because even political opponents pay tribute... Read More