Unidentified Trouble
Unidentified Trouble Perhaps it is a sign of unsettled times that there are different ways to hear terms in common use. We tend to forget that when you use a…
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Unidentified Trouble
Baffled By the News, redux
Baffled By the News, redux On the need to find a composed & not unhinged response to thingsIn the last month of 2022 I am reminded of 2020, when I…
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Baffled By the News, redux
The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For
The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For The article is “What’s Driving the Millennial Political Takeover?” (by Kate Nocera, in a recent issue of The New York Times), an article that…
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The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For
Entertaining (adj.) people
'Here's the thing', they say The entertainment afforded by people who 'give you the facts'. https://vimeo.com/390228865/b64486fa02
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Entertaining (adj.) people
When the Individualist isn’t
When the Individualist isn’t Liberals, leftists, progressivists (or whatever we should call the opposite number of conservatives) are usually identified as individualists.Who is it who experiences conflicts with the society…
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When the Individualist isn’t
Natural law & the East
Natural law & the East Two parts here. 1 | What support can be given to the claim made in yesterday’s post that, despite its trouble with natural law, Eastern…
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Natural law & the East
Natural law Enlightenment style
Natural law Enlightenment style Every proponent of natural law will reject the title above: natural law is ancient (that is when it arose) and timeless (that is how it applies).…
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Natural law Enlightenment style
Two Cultures no 2 | The Maddening Notion of the ‘Happy Wife’
Two Cultures, 2 | The 'Maddening' Notion of the ‘Happy Wife’ My focus today is simply the title of this New York Times fiction review: Happy Wife, Happy Life, and…
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Two Cultures no 2 | The Maddening Notion of the ‘Happy Wife’
Two Cultures no 1 | Bad people
Two Cultures, 1 | Bad people Peggy Orenstein, in her latest book, finds that young men, although aware of the excesses of masculinity, are still treating women with disrespect and…
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Two Cultures no 1 | Bad people
Solomon & Socrates
Solomon & Socrates The great figure of Socrates (you'll get no irony from me on this point) is known largely for one thing. In philosophy he is famous for his…
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Solomon & Socrates