Author
Brent Ranalli
Humanities scholar at the Ronin Institute
Brent Ranalli is a policy professional and a humanities scholar at the Ronin Institute. He co-edits “Environment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology” for Yale University Press.
His recent projects include investigating the potential to reform the U.S. Congress by means of a secret ballot (published by the Congressional Research Institute and Foreign Affairs).
His other recent project is on promoting the involvement of youth in agriculture via a voluntary national service program.
Articles by Brent Ranalli
Trump’s Crossing the Rubicon
When faced with his own Rubicon moment, will Trump provoke a crisis or will he stand down?
November 4, 2020
Donald Trump, Not Your Grandfather’s Caesar: The Big Differences
Julius Caesar’s and Donald Trump’s outsized ambition and lack of scruples turned them into dangers to republican values and institutions. But how were they different?
November 2, 2020
Trump and Caesar: Two Men Above the Law
In their ruthless pursuit of power and self-aggrandizement, both Caesar and Trump run roughshod over laws and norms.
November 1, 2020
Donald Trump as Julius Caesar: The Curtain Raiser
Why Donald Trump resembles Julius Caesar more than does Obama or practically any other figure in recent history.
October 31, 2020
Trump: Jimmy Carter Redux
Is Donald Trump poised to learn the lessons that Jimmy Carter learnt in 1976?
November 23, 2016
Strange Bedfellows: Hungary Leans Toward Russia
Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin as cross-ideological autocratic allies.
March 10, 2014
Snow and Politics in Hungary
Can a freak snowstorm show a Central European nation how to get along with its neighbors?
March 22, 2013
Beyond the Mayan Calendar: Doomsdayism is Alive and Well
What are we to make of the strange social and cultural phenomenon of expectations of a worldwide calamity?
January 1, 2013
Ayn Rand: The Siren of U.S. Conservatism
If Reagan is the father of modern U.S. conservatism, Ayn Rand is certainly its mother.
November 2, 2012
Trump’s Crossing the Rubicon
When faced with his own Rubicon moment, will Trump provoke a crisis or will he stand down?
November 4, 2020
Donald Trump, Not Your Grandfather’s Caesar: The Big Differences
Julius Caesar’s and Donald Trump’s outsized ambition and lack of scruples turned them into dangers to republican values and institutions. But how were they different?
November 2, 2020
Trump and Caesar: Two Men Above the Law
In their ruthless pursuit of power and self-aggrandizement, both Caesar and Trump run roughshod over laws and norms.
November 1, 2020
Donald Trump as Julius Caesar: The Curtain Raiser
Why Donald Trump resembles Julius Caesar more than does Obama or practically any other figure in recent history.
October 31, 2020
Trump: Jimmy Carter Redux
Is Donald Trump poised to learn the lessons that Jimmy Carter learnt in 1976?
November 23, 2016
Strange Bedfellows: Hungary Leans Toward Russia
Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin as cross-ideological autocratic allies.
March 10, 2014
Snow and Politics in Hungary
Can a freak snowstorm show a Central European nation how to get along with its neighbors?
March 22, 2013
Beyond the Mayan Calendar: Doomsdayism is Alive and Well
What are we to make of the strange social and cultural phenomenon of expectations of a worldwide calamity?
January 1, 2013
Ayn Rand: The Siren of U.S. Conservatism
If Reagan is the father of modern U.S. conservatism, Ayn Rand is certainly its mother.
November 2, 2012