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DEMOCRACY cannot work if we don’t value the law and those who apply it. But it also struggles when we value them too much.

WHEN pundits say war on Iran is sure to knock ‘our’ economy, they are right. But the pain will probably be felt by people about whom they do not think when they say ‘our.’

AS the war on Iran reminds us, the bad news is that the world is again one in which the strong believe sheer force can achieve all things. The good news is that they are wrong.

IF you are poor and have a problem, hope that people who are not poor have the same problem.

DEMOCRACIES are meant to see people in uniforms who carry guns as a problem, not a solution.

ONE way to make a real problem much worse is to insist that it is vastly more serious than it really is.

IF DEMOCRACY cannot tame power, power will tame – or destroy – democracy.

CAN democracy in much of the West be saved from the elites who claim to value it? Can it be saved from their counterparts here?

IN this country’s public debate, there are no issues – only heroes and villains. And yesterday’s hero may be today’s scoundrel.

THIS country’s media has an unerring eye for what is important to most people. As soon as it sees it, it makes sure to avoid it.