My day started with a lecture on Carl Schmitt, followed by a 2 hr romp through the Italian Renaissance, and now I’m ending it with a nice table wine, listening to Strauss and reading a bit of Bunin. #MiddleAgeFriday

In our latest podcast episode, @reedvanschenck.bsky.social and I look at Shmitt's "The Concept of the Political" and explore how his idea of the Friend/Enemy dynamic is increasingly relevant to the volatile polarization in our modern democracies. rolfstromolsen.substack.com/p/179403645?

I've written up some thoughts about a curious story that reveals the economics of late-stage capitalism. rolfstromolsen.substack.com/p/climbing-i...

Mark Carney est le meilleur candidat pour chef d'un parti - quel qu'il soit - que nous ayons vu depuis une génération.

I read some good fiction this year. Here are the highlights. open.substack.com/pub/rolfstro...