A refrigerator and a dinner wagon
Two tales of Hungarians on the move The refrigerator – Austria, 1988 Grandma is sitting in the backseat, loaded (hardly able to move, effectively locked) into the car. Her currency…
Social Freedom, Entrepreneurs, and Dreamers: A Battle Cry for Today’s Political Youth
Every few years in the world of politics, there begins a new push to reach out to young people, and with good reason. In the 2019 federal election, the 9.5…
Stefan Zweig’s Dream of Europe: What has been achieved? Why Stefan Zweig's hopes for humanity remain
On Nov. 27, 1881, in Vienna, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, one of the world’s greatest writers was born as a gift to humanity. His name was Stefan Zweig.…
‘I Was Attacked By the Serbian Internet Mob’ – The Art of Being Hated in the Modern Age
It must take a certain amount of self-loathing to draw an uninterested person into a campaign of targeted hatred. For the better part of a year, I was at the…
Fear Not Trump: We Advance Society With Ideas, Not Politics You Are Not Your Politics
As an individual who has primarily made a career as both a journalist and an advocate for a philosophy, I’m well acquainted with ideas and their impact. I bank on…
An Evaluation of Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life Book Review of Edward Stringham's tome on regulation without government
The ideological foes of Edward Stringham’s book Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life are many. Principally, it is an argument against the “legal centrist” mentality, according to…
When War Consumes Your Fate Book Review – Wanderjahre: A Reporter’s Journey in a Mad World
There’s nothing more satisfying than the thoughtful ravings of a wily foreign correspondent who returns home. Especially once it can be melted down into a kind of beautiful soliloquy on…
When German Jihad Set the Islamic World Aflame Max von Oppenheim: Oriental enthusiast and the Germans’ secret weapon during the First World War
Some years ago, I made a brief stint in Istanbul, the former capital known as Constantinople in the former Ottoman Empire. Much to the chagrin of my family and loved…
Friends Divided: The Destructiveness of Envy A look at Miguel de Unamuno's biblical-like story of consumed rage
Of the moral ills in this secular age, greed is a popular concern for Christians and others. Greed for money or for political power is widely decried—and only the other…
Dealing With Change
It’s impossible not to notice. Things, stuff, the landscape, the society, acquaintances have all changed while I wasn’t looking. Certain life patterns are disrupted. Cars don’t need an oil change…