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  • A Machiavellian Reality Check

    A Machiavellian Reality Check0

    In this sequel to his groundbreaking 1941 analysis of world politics, The Managerial Revolution, James Burnham introduced a group of 20th-century, mainly Italian, political scientists bound by a concept that has come to be called “elite theory”: to wit, that all societies are run by and for the benefit of their elites, rather than by the

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  • Coward Cuomo’s Last Act of Treachery

    Coward Cuomo’s Last Act of Treachery0

    Disgraced Andrew Cuomo abandoned the New York governor’s mansion last week, leaving nearly 15,000 dead nursing home residents in his wake as a result of a catastrophic executive order forcing their facilities to take in COVID-19-infected patients. He also left behind a bevy of female underlings with a mountain of sordid sexual harassment allegations. And,

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  • The Seminole Slavery Story

    The Seminole Slavery Story0

    Despite repeated claims to the contrary by American elites, slavery is not a uniquely American, or even a uniquely white enterprise. Peoples of all nations and colors have engaged in the institution throughout history. One such example is easily found in the compelling history of the Seminole people. Joseph Cotto, of Cotto/Gottfried podcast fame, has self-published an

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  • Myths About Cuba Persist on the Left and Right

    Myths About Cuba Persist on the Left and Right0

    Recent debates over what to do about Cuba remain afflicted by myths, many going back to the origins of the Castros’ Communist regime. There have generally been two conflicting accounts of how this regime was established and its relation to the Cuban past, and both may need to be corrected. Some of the most childish

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  • In a World of Widespread Slavery, America’s History Is Not Exceptional

    In a World of Widespread Slavery, America’s History Is Not Exceptional0

    History is always more complicated than we think. Nowhere is this more clear than with the issue of slavery. The way Americans treat the issue makes it seem like slavery was solely a sin of the United States. Yet a look at history shows that nothing could be further from the truth. Slavery in world

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  • JFK—Accept Our Diverse World as It Is

    JFK—Accept Our Diverse World as It Is0

    Seven months after the Cuban missile crisis, President John F. Kennedy, at American University, laid out his view on how the East-West struggle should be conducted to avoid a catastrophic war that could destroy us both. Kennedy’s message to Moscow and his fellow Americans: “If (the United States and the Soviet Union) cannot end now

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