"In the end, what brings civilizations down is when the elites lose confidence in the rightness of th..." — 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.

There was once a philosopher who said, 'I don't believe in God, but I fear him greatly.' That's about where I am.

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.