I’ve let this space go idle this summer for a variety of reasons, but none that seem to add up to more than procrastination and laziness. Not that I haven’t been able to keep busy, of course, but what are a few minutes to take down some thoughts? But since this joint is low traffic [...]
Posts Tagged ‘otherness’
Do as I say, and all that.
Posted in Politics, tagged censorship, faith, freedom, New York, otherness, prohibition on 3 September 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Narratives
Posted in Politics, tagged Berlin, justice, otherness on 10 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Coverage of the commemorative activities of the fall of the Berlin Wall, now twenty years ago, has been surprisingly insightful. Surprising, because the meta-narrative of the thing has surely been solidified well enough to fit decently into any Western (liberal, democratic) tale of societal progress, etc. While it is of course disingenuous to assert the [...]
Debate and casuistry
Posted in Politics, tagged justice, law, non-cooperation, Obama, otherness, realism, sovereignty on 9 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A tenet that will surely continue to be heard as the new administration establishes its image on the world stage is that compromises between ideals and security will no longer be tolerated. The notion featured prominently in the President’s inaugural, and was most recently repeated by the Vice President in his speech to the Munich [...]
And so it begins…
Posted in Personal, tagged otherness, philosophy on 9 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been delaying (procrastinating, perhaps?) the start of my blog for a good while now, but the excuses for not taking a moment to sit down and write have started wearing rather thin. The title I’ve chosen for this journal represents only the ideal that I will offer at least one substantial piece every week, [...]
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