Monthly Archives: February 2023

How Democracy Grows in the Dirt

Posted on February 24, 2023 by David Roman

This review of a recent rags-to-riches-to-righteous-denunciation memoir by a wealthy, corrupt Chinese official who took refuge in the West reminds me a lot of the early history of Greek poleis. What you notice is how the same process that created … Continue reading →

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The Lie of Addiction, the Final Nail in the West’s Drug Tale

Posted on February 15, 2023 by David Roman

After several decades of strong campaigns for drug legalization, the lies that are commonly told to justify never cease to amaze me. One of the most shocking of those is the lie that existing drug addicts MUST BE GIVEN DRUGS … Continue reading →

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Michel de Montaigne on Sadness

Posted on February 10, 2023 by David Roman

This was translated from the French at the excellent classicist blog Sententiae Antiquae: I am one of the people most exempt from this feeling, and I neither like it nor respect it, although the world has taken up with honoring … Continue reading →

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