March 5, 2013
Between identity and difference, the impulse for identity has proven more destructive Two principles rule in human affairs:...
October 4, 2012
How human history is invented, written, encountered and, in the end, irresistible For hundreds of thousands of years of...
June 7, 2012
Why the State as organizing framework remains stable, while the people it serves may be (made) vulnerable The media buzzwords,...
February 7, 2012
Parting volleys on humankindâs arenas of contention Cooperation is local, competition is pandemic. It has always been...
October 19, 2011
And why the first refines, or needs, the second Magnanimity heals the rift; ruthlessness seeks to erase the opponent. Both...
June 27, 2011
Why we keep talking, talking, talking The great 18th century French diplomat Talleyrand once said that speech was given...
February 18, 2011
Closing reflections on primary forces in this new political century Nature is inevitable: spirit is not. Spirit is purposeful,...
October 13, 2010
Toward a theory of temporary advantage in the chaos of life. The idea of winning smacks of the absolute and archaic… The...
June 14, 2010
In the multitude of people is the kingâs honour; but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince Imagine a tabletop....
February 19, 2010
