Monthly Archives: August 2019

The End of History is not coming for a while

For a few years of boundless optimism following the end of the Cold War, Francis Fukuyama seemed to be right on the money with his prognosis for political developments in “The End of History?”. In his 1992 essay, he posited … Continue reading

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Defying the Fates

One way to read between the lines the announcement from the Conference Board last week is that in the absence of a responsible Federal Government, the CEOs of some of America’s largest corporations have decided to fill the vacuum by … Continue reading

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