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Tag Archives: Communism
For Whom the Bell Tolls – A Review
There is a certain amount of nostalgia and some sadness in Hemingway’s best novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls”. How could there not be? It’s about the Spanish Civil War; that most terrible of events pitting the bad against the … Continue reading
Those Slaveries Old and New
There’s an odd sort of current running through western progressive movements these days. Maybe one-hundred fifty years ago it would have been called a specter. It might be better summarized as a “revenge project”, as Michael Anton writes. But revenge … Continue reading
To Talk of Many Things… (Vol. #5 – Unalienable Rights and Nouveau Marxists)
“But wait a bit,” the Oysters cried, “Before we have our chat; For some of us are out of breath, And all of us are fat!” There is a case to be made by philosophers and historians that the greatest … Continue reading
Our Coming Dystopia
It was probably a sunny day like today when Atlantis sank to the bottom of the sea. Was it an earthquake? A tsunami? Some kind of tribal violence which wiped away those who could run the reactors and the food … Continue reading
Venezuela’s ALBA: A Reflection 7 Years On
Seven years ago, as a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, I wrote my (and perhaps the…?) hallmark book on the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas: Hugo Chavez’s grand plan. At the time I received a lot of push-back, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, International Affairs, Liberty, Uncategorized
Tagged Communism, dictatorship, Freedom, Socialism, venezuela
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The 2018/19 Maduro Diet
It is said that Marie Antoinette, when she offhandedly suggested regarding the hunger of starving peasants “Let them eat cake” was not mocking the suffering of the poor but was so disconnected from reality that she assumed that it was … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Uncategorized
Tagged Communism, famine, Socialism, venezuela
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The Power of Progress
Words are funny things, slippery and somehow hard to pin down; little moving targets making thought difficult or missiles correctly aimed in order to destroy in far worse ways than the whips and chains of old. Language has always been … Continue reading
Posted in Liberty, Literature, philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged capitalism, Communism, economics, Socialism
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