I read a good interview with Daron Acemoglu in the Sunday Times of London about his new book 'What happened to liberal democracy? .I was surprised to find that the FP appears not to covered this interesting-sounding book by the Nobel Prize winning economist particularly as it looks at something which is close to many Free Pressers' hearts around the West -- namely why are Western values being replace or eroded by totalitarian sentiment and what can be done about it. Hopefully a long essay/inte

So now, it seems there are elements on both ends of the pol spectrum that are leading the way with the new motto: E unum pluribus. Absurdity and extremism begets absurdity and extremism.

AOC, the Woke social influencer masquerading as a legislator, demonstrates yet again why so many of us simply see an enormous PITA in her. She does not have a monopoly on this crude title, btw. I have been an Independent most of my adult life, usually voting Dem more than Repub. But it's getting to a point where I don't even want to vote at all. Some have told me, "But you have to exercise your constitutional right!" Indeed, to vote for assholes in Congress rather than allow an asshole dictat