It is curious how an age of public self-revelation, and of the use of psychological jargon, should also be an age when self-examination is rarely practised.

Modernity is the most transient of qualities.

Truth is not the first casualty of war alone: it is the first casualty of populism.

If a lack of money had prevented people from improving their lot, then mankind would still be living in the caves: unless you believe that investment capital f…