May 16, 2025

Kim Campbell, the first female prime minister of Canada, was right when she said a 47-day-long election campaign (Imagine a campaign of only 47 days!) was not enough time to reconsider the nation’s social programs. But she was wrong to say so.

The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor

…the best is often unattainable, and therefore the true legislator and statesman ought to be acquainted