In the despotic impulses of Israel's judiciary, we see echoes of Rousseau's Lawgiver and Plato's Philosopher King.

A salutary form of populism can challenge the post-democratic rule of elites. But can it govern?

The spy balloon was a giant, floating symbol of China's military advantages and brazen attitude.

Unless government is properly constrained, secularism can morph into its own kind of twisted religion.

There is no better way to honor Dylan's writing than to listen to his stories and learn from them.

A professional education requires an understanding of the human condition that only humane study can provide.

An ancient inscription gives us a peek into the rise and reign of a Bronze Age king, and a sense of the thin line between order and chaos.

In his life and work, Guido Calabresi has harmonized different, even opposed, qualities in himself and the world.

Leo Tolstoy's Death of Ivan Ilyich offers perspective on Canada's euthanasia regime.

Astolphe de Custine undertook a Tocquevillian tour of Russia. But he was repelled by its regime.