When faced with his own Rubicon moment, will Trump provoke a crisis or will he stand down?
Donald Trump, Not Your Grandfather’s Caesar: The Big Differences
Julius Caesar’s and Donald Trump’s outsized ambition and lack of scruples turned them into dangers to republican values and institutions. But how were they different?
Trump and Caesar: Two Men Above the Law
In their ruthless pursuit of power and self-aggrandizement, both Caesar and Trump run roughshod over laws and norms.
Donald Trump as Julius Caesar: The Curtain Raiser
Why Donald Trump resembles Julius Caesar more than does Obama or practically any other figure in recent history.
Trump: Jimmy Carter Redux
Is Donald Trump poised to learn the lessons that Jimmy Carter learnt in 1976?
Thomas Paine’s Climate Solution: Would He Recognize It?
Paine’s revolutionary proposal to “share the wealth” from land and natural resources may help solve the climate crisis.
Carbon Permits: Paine’s Social Dividend
The issue that is poised to bring common-wealth dividends into the mainstream today is climate change.
Disappearing Jobs? Our Thomas Paine Moment
As automation eliminates jobs, Paine’s proposal to share wealth from the commons shows a way forward.
After Paine: Henry George’s “Single Tax”
Nearly a century after Thomas Paine’s proposal, reformer Henry George popularized a similar scheme.
Thomas Paine’s Agrarian Justice and John Locke
Both Locke and Paine sought to create a middle class.