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Plato’s Dilemma: It Haunts Us Still

Peter Corning

September 05, 2019

A dysfunctional government can be a matter of life-and-death, and these days they are all too common. We should follow Plato’s sage advice. Plato’s diagnosis of the many dysfunctional kinds of government, and their root causes, still rings true, and so does his ultimate prescription.

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Re-learning How to Play Global Chess: What Would Winston Churchill Do?

Peter Corning

August 05, 2019

There is a potentially effective international response to the rise of China as a superpower, but it will require a twenty-first century Winston Churchill with vision. In the next decade, China is likely to challenge the United States in many ways. Winston Churchill understood the crucial value of cooperation against a common foe. A twenty-first century Winston Churchill, with a keen eye on the global chess board, might see the proposed “Global Government Initiative” as an opportunity to create a new political alliance.

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Is There a Future for Hope?

Peter Corning

July 23, 2019

Is There a Future for Hope? Pessimism about the future is on the rise, and there is much reason to be pessimistic. Is our species doomed? Beware of self-fulfilling prophesies.