Appears to sit alongside something resembling the old liberal tradition.
And by “old liberal” I mean something a lot closer to classical liberal.
His Majesty: “Bah. Don’t be deceived by what appear to be hopeful signs. Resistance is futile.”
Just look at which justices were on each side of this split decision. You could have rolled dice for this result.
Incidentally, the decision strikes me as wrong. Though I think the law itself is an abomination.
Cute. Except they remind me too much of Jawas.
Because, apparently, others are happy to do it for them.
Mormon missionaries held captive for three hours in Albuquerque.
It’s one reason why they work in pairs.
Anyway: it worries me a little that “blogs are dying,” because if so we lose the idea of a place where people speak their piece, as oppose to speak in pieces.
While most blogs weren’t deathless examples of great writing, there was the opportunity for individualism, and you don’t get that from a Pinterest page. You don’t get it from a feed of things snipped and reblogged and pinned and shoveled into The Feed. The web turns into bushels of confetti shoveled into a jet engine, and while something does emerge out the other end, it’s usually made impressive by its velocity and volume, not the shape it makes.
This makes me think of what Jaron Lanier described as the hive mind.
So school teachers’ lesson plans are “trade secrets” exempt from the various Freedom of Information statutes? In a Sith’s eye!
An interesting read, by Andrew Murray, written in the 1800’s. A Life of Obedience. The Kindle edition is free for today only.
Kindle books don’t require an actual Kindle device. Free Kindle reading apps are available for smart phones, tablets, and computers.
I haven’t read the whole thing yet, but wanted to make a shout-out due to the temporary nature of the free e-book.
The books starts by quoting both Old Testament and New Testament passages that illustrate that the need for obedience surmounts the need for faith.
There will be no one like us when we are gone, but then there is no one like anyone else, ever. When people die, they cannot be replaced. They leave holes that cannot be filled, for it is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death.
We cease, they fire.
Thesis: Winning elections is pointless when the culture and the people themselves are corrupt. A few people at the top won’t be able to change the character of an entire nation. We have to build a better society from the ground up.
Antithesis: Any effective cultural change must go through the centers of power and influence; elites alone have the power to change society. All of the largest social changes of the last century were imposed from the top down.
Possible syntheses: (more…)