While I am not in concord with all of William Godwin’s
arguments in his classic book on what is christened “philosophical anarchism,” his ruminations are often quite provocative and worthy of sustained consideration. [...]
While I am not in concord with all of William Godwin’s
arguments in his classic book on what is christened “philosophical anarchism,” his ruminations are often quite provocative and worthy of sustained consideration. [...]
The following snippet is from Nelson Mandela’s speech (three hours long!) in the defendant’s dock at the Rivonia Trial on 20 April 1964: After reminding those
present at the trial that “there has often been close cooperation between the ANC [African National Congress] and the Communist party [SACP],” Mandela points [...]
First, please read the extract below from an article in the Los Angeles Times. I have a few comments after the piece by way of a possible or provisional answer to our
question. That is followed with an op-ed piece also in the Times by Orville Schell, again with comments. [...]
“Growing up in a Jack Bauer-ized world, many of my generation have an indelible belief that torture works. There’s a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles, so Kiefer Sutherland
has to put a knife through the kneecap of the bad guy, threaten their family, and after some intense moments, the terrorist will give up the location of the bomb. [...]
“Can Journalism Be Saved?”Nicholas Lemann for The New York Review of Books (February 27, 2020) Lemann more or less discusses fourteen books in this review essay!
It is quite good, indeed, indispensable for a timely, critical overview of contemporary journalism.“What has happened in journalism in the twenty-first century [...]
While the possible motivations behind this meme (our picture above) are likely sincere and well-intended, the meme itself is misleading because inaccurate and confused.
As Chris Maisano explained in short contribution to The ABC’s of Socialism (Verso and the Jacobin Foundation, 2016) when similar memes circulated the last time [...]
I thought to share the following material because President Trump so routinely exemplifies “projection” in a pathological sense (given his megalomaniacal narcissism).
The most recent instance of this occurred yesterday at the National Prayer Breakfast in which he indulged in his penchant for rambling, disjointed, and angry diatribes [...]
From an article in The Conversation (January 16, 2020): “As the 2020 election approaches in the United States, President Donald Trump is adding school prayer to the list
of contentious issues up for debate. After Trump promised in early January to ‘safeguard students’ and teachers’ First Amendment rights to pray in our schools,’ [...]
Religious nationalism—be it Zionist (at least most of its forms, the exceptions being rather unpopular if not existing only on paper), Judeo-Christian, Hindu, Buddhist,
what have you—is extremely dangerous wherever it rears its hydra-headed individual and group pathologies, and thus not only, say, in Israel, Iran, India, Myanmar, [...]
Courts sometimes struggle to properly apply the parol evidence rule, particularly when it comes to 2-202. In Qwinstar Corporation v. Anthony, the district court considered
application of section 2-202 and its exceptions. Quinstar Corporation (“Quinstar”) contracted to purchase the “all of [the] right, title and interest in and [...]