An American journalist heads for Italy to see his country changing from afar.

philosophy

  • Lessons for us today, from Italians

    I love old books lining bookshelves. The collection in the North Carolina home of a couple of friends held classics of Machiavelli scholarship. I gently pulled out, like sneaking a square of chocolate fudge, a vellum-bound volume. Carol Darr, the… Continue reading

    Lessons for us today, from Italians

  • Populism vs. ‘Civilization’

    Here in Atlanta, around Emory, you hear about a friend or neighbor who got a layoff notice yesterday – no April Fool’s joke – among about 2,400 being cut from the CDC. Researchers who have worked at the agency for… Continue reading

    Populism vs. ‘Civilization’