A masterful effort by Jared Diamond to answer an age-old question: why did human societies develop at different speeds in different areas of the world?
In Praise of Intolerance
If Europe is to endure as a place of freedom, Europeans need to be less tolerant If there’s one word that our European society has gotten all wrong, it is the word “tolerance”. Not only has its real meaning been dangerously subverted to imply “acceptance of everything”, effectively denuding the word of any real significance, […]
Rule Britannia!
I have always been an admirer of Britain and all things British – football and food being the only notable exceptions. In my eyes, Britain has always been this small, tenacious island, which throughout history punched way above its size, spurned by the values of duty and hard-work. Occasionally, it even took some time off […]