The American-Led “Peace Process” in the Middle East Has Not Been a Failure
Looking at the big picture.
September 13, 2018
Why Religion Is the Best Safeguard for Liberty
Benjamin Constant’s On Religion.
The Swiss-born philosopher and politician Benjamin Constant (1767-1830), one of the founders of 19th-century liberalism, sought in his five-volume treatise On Religion to provide a comprehensive history of religion in its various forms and manifestations. Despite his commitment to the separation of church and state and to religious toleration, Constant argued that religion—any religion—is necessary to the flourishing of society. On the occasion of the publication of the first complete English translation of On Religion, Gianna Englert writes:
September 13, 2018
Declassified Interrogations Help Explain Iran’s Strategy in Iraq
And America’s failure to curb it.
The Soviet Union Is Long Gone, but Soviet-Style Anti-Semitism Thrives in Britain
The roots of Jeremy Corbyn’s rhetoric.
Why Religion Is the Best Safeguard for Liberty
Benjamin Constant’s On Religion.
Searching for the Traces of Judaism in Portugal
And the remote crypto-Jewish community that persisted into the 20th century.