"There was once a philosopher who said, 'I don't believe in God, but I fear him greatly.' That's abou..." — Charles Krauthammer

As most who have engaged in competitive sports know, there's nothing to match the amplitude of emotion brought by losing.

Every civilization is founded on sins - every single one. Dispossession, violence, appropriation. What distinguishes civilizations are the ones who rise above it.

In the end, what brings civilizations down is when the elites lose confidence in the rightness of their cause.

The way that Trump spoke about the outside world was the most aggressive, most hyper-nationalist, and in some ways most hostile of any inaugural address I think since the Second World War.