When French President Emmanuel Macron denounced populist nationalism this week and called on world leaders to support institutions such as the United Nations that defend “the common good of the world,” liberal elites cheered. The speech was seen as a rebuke of President Trump, whose opposition to “globalism” and embrace of “nationalism” are held up […]
Puerto Rico Asks Judge to Force Federal Board to Share Its Power…
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello is seeking to wrest back some of the budgetary authority that was ceded to the fiscal oversight board established by Congress to impose fiscal discipline on the bankrupt island and help pull it out of a long-running debt crisis. The attorneys for the territory made their plea during final arguments […]
The Technocrats Want You to Believe Our World Is Too Complex for Democracy. Resist Them….
The incredible complexity of our modern world demands more politics and more democratic oversight, not less. There is no such thing as permanent progress in politics, only endless, depressing circularity. Democracy and freedom are inevitably vulnerable and temporary achievements; they are always questioned by the powerful and supposedly intelligent, and thus constantly at risk of […]
What the ‘Sore Losers’ Really Want by Diana Johnstone…
If the 2016 presidential campaign was a national disgrace, the reaction of the losers is an even more disgraceful spectacle. It seems that the political machine backing Hillary Clinton can’t stand losing an election. And why is that? Because they are determined to impose “exceptional” America’s hegemony on the entire world, using military-backed regime changes…