"'The undiscovered country.'"

“‘The undiscovered country.'”

We are responsible for our irresponsibility. When I travel abroad, which is infrequently these days, I find myself more than occasionally expressing gratitude to those I meet. “We Americans are fortunate,” I explain, “in that others are usually able to…

“Ukraine, before and after.”

“Ukraine, before and after.”

Scott Ritter’s take. Scott Ritter, a former Marine intelligence officer with a distinguished record as a weapons inspector, seems to us among the most interesting analysts now looking at the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine from the perpective of a man…

"Psychology and disorder."

“Psychology and disorder.”

American exceptionalism and its consequences. Mut zur Ethik is a forum associated with a publishing cooperative that holds conferences twice a year in the environs of Zurich. Last week the group celebrated 30 years of conferences, the theme this year being…

"And further, more."

“And further, more.”

A note to readers. It has been just about three years now since we published our first commentary at The Scrum, our brand new Substack newsletter. My records indicate it was a piece we headlined “Our eternal present,” which appeared on 9 November…