Autumn in Kyiv is beautiful. Women are still dressed in style, the leaves are starting to change, the air is as clean as ever, and life is incredibly good for an expatriate American. People in Kyiv always leaned towards the West. With Putin’s raging to the East, whatever ambivalence there may have been has faded. Ukraine wants no more of … Read More
The advantages of living in a lesser “democracy”
Modern democracies intrude into citizens’ lives far more than monarchs ever dared. That’s the view of writers such as Alain de Benoist and Trenton Fervor. The major concern of the typical monarch was hanging onto his crown. He had to placate and hold off nobles who might aspire to usurp it and keep the peasantry satisfied enough not to switch … Read More