To make up for its lack of a moral compass, the British public is prey to sudden gusts of kitschy sentimentality followed by vehement outrage, encouraged by the cheap and cynical sensationalism of its press. Spasms of self-righteousness are its substitute for the moral life.

In a democratic age, only the behavior of the authorities is subject to public criticism; that of the people themselves, never.

When a population feels alienated from the legal system under which it lives, because that system fails to protect it from real dangers while lending succor an…

In Britain, journalists often view comparisons with our society going back two, three, or seven centuries as more relevant than comparisons going back two, thr…