Sublime

With their attempts to demoralize the Jewish community failing, the Arab leadership used the revolt as an opportunity to press its demands with the British. They met in Jerusalem and demanded an absolute freeze on Jewish immigration. They also sought a prohibition on land sales and called for an Arab majority government. Even as they were making th

These Christian foot soldiers of the revolution were not at all libertarians—they wanted morality brought into every corner of public life—but the narrative of Free America gave them a common enemy. Reagan attached their agenda to the program of the business class, but the Christians always brought up the rear and never achieved their goals, becaus

Leur heure sonna enfin en 1980, quand Margaret Thatcher et Ronald Reagan unirent leurs forces pour porter le scénario néolibéral sur la scène internationale. Tous deux récemment élus, ils étaient entourés d’adeptes de Mont-Pèlerin : l’équipe de campagne de Reagan incluait plus de vingt membres de la Société, et le premier chancelier de l’Échiquier

At the center of his analysis was the insistence that modern man, “like Macbeth,” had made an evil decision to trade allegiance to transcendent principles for present gain.

A perhaps unexpected supporter of Lawrence’s plan turned out to be Benjamin Disraeli, who was deeply shocked by the British bloodlust that the Uprising had triggered: “I protest against meeting atrocities with atrocities,” he told the House of Commons. “I have seen things said, and seen written of late, which would make me suppose that…instead of b

He begins by supposing what he calls a “state of nature,” antecedent to all human government. In this state there is a “law of nature,” but the law of nature consists of divine commands, and is not imposed by any human legislator.

But it was pop star Pat Boone who stole the show that night, closing with an impromptu address that Reagan would recall years later: “I would rather see my four girls shot and die as little girls who have faith in God than leave them to die some years later as godless, faithless, soulless Communists,” Boone asserted. His audience was thrilled, even