John Stuart Mill

Now what is here symbolized has been the most fundamental idea in our American democracy. Ours is a government by discussion.

In “The Education of an Idealist,” Samantha Power comes across as a compassionate person with generous impulses. These attributes cannot by themselves determine policy on the question of humanitarian interventions.

Human happiness, social progress, and even national greatness require individualism.

Real intolerance against Muslims exists, no question. But the term “Islamophobia” is too often deployed to inhibit rather than encourage dialogue about honest questions, concerns, or grievances.