Can you please explain why the government is in charge of generating and distributing electric power? If it’s the usual argument that essential services should not be in private hands, shouldn’t we nationalize grocery stores, and why in Ontario do the Liberals want to privatize power generation while the Conservatives want to keep it in state hands?

Andrew Roberts’ 2009 The Storm of War argues that it was only Stalin’s ruthless totalitarian regime that could squeeze the heroic efforts and sacrifices necessary from the Russian people to defeat Nazi Germany. He doesn’t minimizing Western aid, or Stalin’s blunders from the Red Army purge of the late 1930s to ignoring warnings, or the natural advantages of Russia’s terrain and population. But do you agree that the sacrifices demanded by Stalin would not have been accepted in a democracy?

Since you frequently cite John Locke on what makes government legitimate, what books would you recommend on good government? Feel free to stop at 100.