CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s organization of Roman Catholic bishops is accusing the government of seeking totalitarian-style rule, comments that potentially could complicate the Vatican’s ...

Liberty is a delicate idea and institution. While people say they want freedom, fight under the banner of freedom, and even sometimes die for its preservation and advancement, determining what it ...

The years 1917, 1924 and 1932 were ominous in Russian, Italian and German history respectively. In each case, the elections of those years would be the last free elections for quite some time. The ...

May was filled with absurdity. First came an absurd corporate/state media collaboration on May 4 Youth Day, the holiday commemorating the nationalistic political movement that grew out of student ...

A few days after the election in November 2016 I had several conversations with friends who were anxious, angry, and depressed. One said that she woke up on Wednesday after the election and no longer ...

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The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia. By Masha Gessen. Riverhead Books; 528 pages; $28. Granta; £20. HANNAH ARENDT, in “The Origins of Totalitarianism”, cautioned against the ...