Andrew Carico in the American Mind charts the rise of labels “leader” and “leadership,” terms embraced by the likes of Mussolini and Hitler. Today, leadership positions are often handed out based on minority status, creating a contemporary “artificial aristocracy.” Carico suggests this dangerous path can be sidestepped through two – admittedly difficult – initial steps.

In Vino Veritas – Or, Whatever It Takes to Get the Truth Out of Such a Crew
Winston Churchill drank his way to saving the world from Nazism and, according to Alec Marsh in Spiked, the old bulldog would fit right in with certain current Parliamentarians enjoying a tipple to endure late-night sittings in Westminster. “Well, why not?” Marsh asks. “Politicians wouldn’t be human if they didn’t.” This news doesn’t, however, sit well with certain neo-puritan scolds from – you guessed it – the Green Party, which on the other hand does support providing free narcotics to welfare recipients.


