Organized record-keeping is beyond the government's abilities.

Nobody should be permitted unaccountable power.

Party purity done the right way.

Confidently seeing good and evil for what they are - and fighting for the side of right.

Overthrowing dictators often makes things worse.

Reformers have tried to civilize Islam - and failed.

What happens when two corrupt political machines fight over a city?

The stage is now set for a new Civil War.

Competition between China, India - and maybe Russia.

Government fixes generally make things worse.