I’ve had this post in mind for a while, actually since reading this clever piece on what our bookshelves might say about us. Having procrastinated long enough, and having mentioned to two good friends just yesterday that I was thinking about this, it seems like as good a time as any to take a short [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Bibliophilia, more or less
Posted in Personal, tagged books, Camus, Conrad, history, literature, Mann, philosophy on 29 September 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hear, hear.
Posted in Politics, tagged jus in bello, just war, justice, torture on 17 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been catching up on some reading tonight, and have been struck by two gentlemen whose credentials are the ultimate vouchers for their claims. While their position is hardly novel in either academic theory or political discourse, it seems worth at least a moment to reflect on the fact that they are both retired Marine [...]