Politics of the Soul. A combination of personal commentary and portal to sites related to political philosophy. No loyalty here to contemporary political brand names such as conservative or liberal. I might even prefer "government of the soul", which, in both its connotations, is what will ultimately save us.
Finland fact of the day
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Nearly half of Finns now identify with the political right, according to a
new survey by the Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA), marking a record
hi...
Judicial Deference?
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Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that
focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for
lawyers and...
“Lord, teach my hands to war, my fingers to fight”
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The cowboy apocalypse and American gun fandom
The post “Lord, teach my hands to war, my fingers to fight” first appeared
on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Ce...
What Trump Knows About Superman
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Donald Trump understands America and Superman better than the Hollywood
director who tries to pull a fast one in this new adaptation.
Authenticity as Resistance in Academic Spaces
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Before starting my Ph.D. at the University of Cincinnati, I found myself in
a unique position: I had never studied philosophy in a setting around a man
o...
Attention is All You Need
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One of my foundational theoretical commitments is that the technology of
reading and writing is neither natural nor innocuous. Media theorists
McLuhan, Pos...
Artists Against AI Generated Art
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AI images are programmed. We should consider the value of original and
truly unique work.
Why are some artists refusing to use AI for creative work?
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Boris, ‘Flood’: The Week In One Song
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Flash floods devastate central Texas.
Flooding leaves more than 100 dead, as search teams continue to look for
more than 170 people reported missing afte...
CALL FOR PAPERS
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Magic in Ancient Greek Culture and Philosophy Deadline: January 15, 2026
Magic has often been deeply misunderstood in the philosophical tradition—it
has b...
Colossians in Cambridge (Torrey Cambridge 2024)
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This July, professors Paul Spears and Fred Sanders are taking a group of
Torrey students to Cambridge, England to read Colossians with all our might
for ...
African Extractive Industries: PRC Neocolonialism
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That the slow development of the African continent can be traced to Western
colonialism is an archetype of this field of study: Mainly interested in
extr...
Job-market reporting thread (2023-24 season)
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(UPDATE - Sept 6th, 2013, 1:37pm: permalink to this thread on the blog's
right sidebar has been corrected!) I know it's still very early in the job
market ...
HoP 379 - Lyndal Roper on Luther
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How radical was Luther? We find out from Lyndal Roper, who also discusses
Luther and the Peasants' War, sexuality, anti-semitism, and the visual arts.
Benefits of Student Reflection
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Today we have a guest post from Colin Brown, assistant teaching professor,
and Jennifer Ostojski, Ph.D. candidate, from the political science
department at...
Here’s your Situation Update for December 8, 2020.
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Welcome to your Situation Update, a once-regular feature from Insurgentsia
that covers irregular war and runs extremely sporadically. The weather
forecast ...
belief
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Scholars of religion generally agree that belief is a Western, Christian,
and even Protestant construction that obscures more than illuminates the
lives of...
Situs Taruhan Slot Online Terpercaya
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Bettor tak bisa bergantung sepenuhnya pada kemenangan di situs taruhan slot
online terpercaya. Nominal kemenangan tak selalu besar, apalagi untuk
bettor ...
Donor Outreach Manager
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The Franklin News Foundation supports and funds public-interest journalism
at the state and local levels. Franklin is dedicated to the principles of
tran...
A Message from Carnegie Council
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To all members of the Global Ethics Network:
It is with deep affection for this extraordinary community that Carnegie
Council is today announcing the clo...
The Untold Story of St. Mary of Egypt
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As I write this, it is the fifth Sunday of Great Lent in the Orthodox
Church, the Sunday when we commemorate the life of St. Mary of Egypt. The
story goes ...
What I've been up to, 2018
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The big thing this year was the "Political Theory In/ And/ As Political
Science conference. It was intellectually terrific and a lot of fun, and I
think it...
New Material on the Way
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What a year this has been. I’ve had a very heavy teaching load and more
administrative duties at the university. I’ve also increased my output of
scholarly...
The Return of Storytelling in a Digital Age
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Podcast stories, like reading, have the advantage of engaging the
audience’s imagination. And lest the technophobes among us decry the
dominance of
The...
Kieran Oberman – Border Rescue
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Kieran’s paper raised the pressing concern with the states’ moral
responsibility for the deaths of migrants trying to cross borders. In
particular, it aske...
We’re Moving!
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[image: photo of a packed-up office with lots of moving boxes]
Some personal news: All things have a life cycle, and in this instance it
is time for Prof...
The Humane Pursuits of Brian Brown
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A fond farewell: Former Pray Channel editor toasts HP and its founder in
this, our 1,000th (and final) post. ...
The post The Humane Pursuits of Brian B...
Improving Policy Debates
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I agree with much of Eliot Cohen’s criticism of the Munich Security
Conference. I like his creative phrases, but the SAIS professor is too
harsh, too mac...
Using this Blog as a Teaching Resource
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If you are wondering how Philosopher might be used as a teaching resource,
look no further! At the Deviant Philosopher, Kathryn Norlock has created an
assi...
How to Measure Imagination
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Scott Barry Kaufman
*Aspen, Colo.* — A couple of days ago I took a walk down a narrow, somewhat
perilous mountain trail with Scott Barry Kaufman, scienti...
So long, and thanks for all the fish
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by Massimo Pigliucci
Or, as the title of the last Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
wistfully announced: “All good things…”
This is the last Ration...
A New Home for On Hiring
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Attention, readers: On Hiring is moving!
We’ve had a great run here on chronicle.com for the past six and a half
years. But now we’ve found a new home on...
Silence and Returns
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Some of you may have noticed I have been silent for a rather long while.
Some of you may also have noticed I broke my silence over the last few
days, but w...
Denver-area pro-lifers, take note
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The 2013 Denver March for Life will take place Sunday, Jan. 20 outside the
capitol building. Mass begins at the cathedral at 10:30, while speeches
begin at...
The Austerity Trap: Is Past Prologue?
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Predictably, the unemployment rate rises above 25 percent, riots and
demonstrations ensue, and an extreme right-wing party rapidly gains
adherents. What th...
Introducing The Conversation
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Brainstorm readers: We’re excited to call your attention to The
Conversation, *The Chronicle’*s new home for opinion and ideas online.
Building on Brains...
Instilling and inspiring in them the hope that change is possible and that, we the people, must proactively work to preserve our constitutional rights. With the help of people like you, that we will succeed and get an honest film about my sixties protest movement history and the history of the Black Panther Party produced.
I am asking those like you, who know my sixties protest movement history and that of the Black Panther Party, to support this independent film production. Contribute at our Indiegogo Fund page and receive books, posters, DVDs and memorabilia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgaiZAHkV30
I teach them all the good I can, and recommend them to others from whom I think they will get some moral benefit. And the treasures that the wise men of old have left us in their writings I open and explore with my friends. If we come on any good thing, we extract it, and we set much store on being useful to one another. - Socrates, Memorabilia
Salus populi suprema lex esto. -Cicero, De Legibus
What we maintain is that in none of the problems of life can men afford to lose sight of the storehouse bequeathed to them by the ancients. In the complexus of everything which differentiates man from the brute creation, the voice of antiquity must be heard...
-H. Browne, quoted in "Classics and Citizenship" The Classical Quarterly, 1920
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