Free for all, can easily become free fall as the world’s richest man is realising in extremely interesting ways, writes ...

President Joe Biden sent shockwaves through the country when he announced he would go back on his word and pardon his son, Hunter Biden. Previously, the president denied he would do such a thing, ...

If I were cynical enough to look past the blasé evisceration of democratic norms in pursuit of raw political power that took place on Jones Street last weekand is coming up again this weekend, when ...

Almost a century and a half ago, Lord Acton delivered an ageless truth. “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” he wrote in 1887. Many people think Acton meant only individual moral ...

The most fundamental axiom in modern political science was that of Lord Acton—”power tends to corrupt, and absolute power ...

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton’s warning from 1887 is more than a historical footnote — it’s a mirror held up to our present moment. Across ...

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” — John Dalberg-Acton, The Acton-Creighton ...