Above, a slight change to the cover design of Live Not By Lies, based on recent reporting by The New York Times. Man, it’s been a busy time since the book’s publication last week. I’ve been doing lots ...

In Hannah Arendt’s “Origins of Totalitarianism,” she looks at the rise of totalitarianism and its effects on humanity. In our contemporary discourse, we have returned to her analysis as we see the ...

After reading my recent column (more like a tirade) on the dysfunction posing as governance in our nation's capital, a valued reader suggested the explanation lies in a 9-year-old book by Princeton ...

Racism, lying by officials, cracks in the edifice of civil society, widespread stupidity, and the lure of authority—these are among the issues that plagued Hannah Arendt during her years in the United ...

Five years ago, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence suddenly found his state under siege. The White House, tech business leaders and even the NCAA had all expressed their outrage over the Hoosier State’s new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Donald Trump Win McNamee/Getty Images We’ve seen a spike over the last few years in the use of the word “authoritarianism.” This ...

Greetings from LaGuardia Airport. I had to make an overnight trip to New York, and am now on my way back to the Great State of Louisiana, which is experiencing its coldest weather of the winter right ...

The White House walked back President Joe Biden's recent remarks in Poland calling for Russian strongman Vladimir Putin's removal from power. Coming from the American president, the statement was ...

During the long months of buildup to the war in Iraq, President Bush never did succeed in convincing most of the world of the justice or logic of what he proposed to do. Many people freely granted ...

I have an object to which, for many years, I’ve given pride of place in every house I have lived. It’s a wall hanging of sorts, a two-by-three-foot glass display that contains a hand-printed daily ...

Will the AI Revolution Foment a Revolution? Trump’s Ruinous, Failed Attempt to Indict Congressional Democrats Audio By Carbonatix At the beginning of December, Rolling Stone writer Jeff Goodell asked ...

In the current historical moment in the United States, the emptying out of language is nourished by the assault on the civic imagination. One example of this can be found in the rise of Donald Trump ...