Essays
Essays on how economic, political, and cultural forces shape how we live.
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The Capture
US Special Forces entered Caracas on Saturday night and seized Nicolás Maduro at the door of a safe room inside a military base. Thirty-two Cuban military and intelligence personnel died in the operation.
The War On Anything
Nations have mechanisms to guard against the leader behaving like a king. In the case of the USA, courts and Congress must be the guards. But when they fail, authoritarianism slowly takes hold.