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Originalism
"Originalism is the "no new taxes" of constitutional theory, as easy to understand as it is insipid."
Ruth Marcus
Hard-earned Wisdom
It is not what we say or feel that makes us who we are. It is what we do; or fail to do.
Sense and Sensibility
The one with the most toys when he dies dies.
EMH
If you don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don’t.
Jimmy Carter
The one with the most toys when he dies dies.
EMH
If you don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don’t.
Jimmy Carter
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Currently Reading
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder (New York: Crown, 2017
"Both fascism and communism were responses to globalization: to the real and perceived inequalities it created, and the apparent helplessness of the democracies in addressing them. Fascists rejected reason in the name of will, denying objective truth in favor of a glorious myth articulated by leaders who claimed to give voice to the people. They put a face on globalization, arguing that its complex challenges were the result of a conspiracy against the nation.
Americans today are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Naziism, or communism in the twentiety century. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so.
"Both fascism and communism were responses to globalization: to the real and perceived inequalities it created, and the apparent helplessness of the democracies in addressing them. Fascists rejected reason in the name of will, denying objective truth in favor of a glorious myth articulated by leaders who claimed to give voice to the people. They put a face on globalization, arguing that its complex challenges were the result of a conspiracy against the nation.
Americans today are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Naziism, or communism in the twentiety century. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so.
1 comment:
This is terrific! had me nearly in tears.
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