No court, or even duly-passed law, is the ultimate authority.

A towering historical figure with something to teach us today.

A timely reminder that the Chinese Communist party is no one's friend.

Yes, bureuacrats can kill a modern economy.

What will happen if we do nothing to help Ukraine.

Or, perhaps, of something else...

Book-burnings: not just for Nazi Germany anymore.

The recent, less-than-informed coverage of the death of Benazir Bhutto reminds us of Neville Chamberlain's infamous comment about Czechsolovakia as " a faraway country about which we know nothing."