[A] nationalism moderated by liberalism can serve other countries well. When it comes to the United States, however, we should recognize nationalism … - Bret Stephens

Dictatorships fall not only when they have implacable opponents but also exemplary victims: Steve Biko in South Africa, Benigno Aquino in the Philippines, Jerzy Popieluszko in Poland. Through their deaths, they awakened the living to the conviction that it was the regime that should die instead.

This is a presidency whose defining feature isn’t ideology, much less policy. It’s neurosis.

Why care about social formalities, modes of dress, niceties of speech, qualities of restraint? Not simply because manners make the man, although they do, but because manners also shape political cultures.