Tag: Left-wing politics

The Goodists

The late firebrand Oriana Fallaci coined the term “Goodists” for those who employ politics as a means of self-congratulation. Goodists, writes Bret Stephens, put a higher premium on their moral intentions than the efficacy of their actions . . .…

Rights Trump Politics

Politics are real. Politics sets priorities between competing public interests. The process is never perfect. It gets ugly when existing political interests work against your individual rights. Let’s take an easy example first. Suppose you want to gather people together…

Is Francis The Last Pope?

To the radical academic Cornel West, “Pope Francis is a gift from heaven.”  To many conservative Catholics, he is the worst Pope in centuries. Listening to Pope Francis one gets the impression that he would be rather content to let…