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A Reminder from Berlin

Sorting out my old bookshelves I came across an old Isaiah Berlin Essay “The Pursuit of the Ideal”.  At the risk of being boring here is a very long extract, he begins the essay this way: “There are, in my view, two factors that, above all others, have shaped human history in this century.  One is […]

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Memo to Self

This is short: I have been accused recently of mis-using the word “coup” when I discuss the events of January 6th.  Worse, I have been called ignorant. Here is what the dictionary says: Coup = a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. Perhaps my critics would feel safer with “insurrection” which […]

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Personhood

Critics of large corporations very often center their anger on the notion of “personhood”.  The concept gained much more notoriety after the terrible Citizen’s United case a few years back.  On the left the idea that a corporation should be a legal person has become an anathema. They are wrong.  Personhood is a valuable concept […]

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