The Joy of Curmudgeonry

It is of great importance for the utopian to persuade himself and others that he is no utopian, that is to say, that his political and socia...

It may be banal or even simple-minded to say so, but I must confess that I am often in awe of the wondrous possibilities and effects of lang...

The most sophisticated demagogue is the one who publicly expresses the wish to engage in a rational debate with the people: even the clever ...

“The feeling that springs spontaneously from an unprejudiced judgment of the history of humanity is compassion for the contradictory qualiti...

science , n . the rigorous method or industry of gaining knowledge or funding.

Nothing so wonderful as Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog could be painted today in contemporary depiction without st...

Social justice in our lifetime is possible. All we need is a mob to lynch those who propose it.

In nobility lies the ability to admire without hope of imitation.

The flippant response of John Maynard Keynes to the criticism that his economic policies were guided by short-term considerations was to say...

News from Iceland: “Passing by the British Embassy just now I saw that security has been strengthened: one police-car standing outside and a...

Drizzle-witch, why do you drive your load of mist across my land? For remedy I will sacrifice to you my cow, my wife, and my Christianity. [...

“The human potential for evil and the propensity to abuse power are the bases for one of the strongest arguments against government” [1] — ...

“A book is a mirror: if an ape looks in, no apostle can look back out.” [1] “If a book and a head collide and make a hollow sound, is that a...

Ever since the French Revolution, men have been taught to wear their passions like cockades — as visible political statements. Yet naturally...

I am not sure what Britishness means, but, from what I hear, it has something to do with celebrating diversity , embracing and empowering co...

“I tip-toed my way through the ranks of men gathered for induction into the Volkssturm and installed myself meekly at the rear. My gaze swep...