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.
Thursday Throughput: Collapsing Bridge Edition
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[ThTh1] In 1993, Amtrack’s Sunrise Unlimited train derailed at the Big
Bayou Canot Bridge, killing 47 people. Investigation showed that a heavy
barge had...
What Am I ‘Really’ Doing While Teaching Philosophy
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In my first year of teaching, a thought-provoking story prompted me to
reflect on the profound meaning and value of my work as a philosophy
professor: A pe...
See It, Say It
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“See it. Say it. Sorted.” It’s a slogan posted all over the British
underground, trams, airports, and train stations as part of a public
awareness campai...
Uber, but for Human Communication
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You open the app and immediately the algorithm shows you what you want. All
the drivers in the world—and the algorithm someone finds the one who will
get y...
My Political Apology
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Dr. Alice C. Linsley
History suggests that nations rise and fall because of leaders who put
their own interests ahead of the welfare of the people the...
Mark Rienzi on the Transgender Cases at SCOTUS
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Mark Rienzi (CUA and Becket) has shared with Mirror of Justice the
following report and analysis: Transgender cases hit SCOTUS This week, the
Supreme Court...
The Trade-offs of AI in Diplomacy
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Robust multilateral action requires vast amounts of written text. It
therefore stands to reason that some may want to use AI systems to support
this work. ...
Fleeing China II: Foreign Divestment Edition
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Bing prompt: "Draw a businessman leaving China".
Hot on the heels of the previous post about how Chinese are showing at the
United States' southern borde...
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 ...
Growth into Great Things (Augustine)
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There’s an Augustine quote, widely available on all of the “Swell
Quotations” websites, that just seems too good to be true. Here it is:
“Really great th...
A Time of Transition at Religion & Politics
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For all of us at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at
Washington University in St. Louis, this is a time of …
The post A Time of Transi...
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...
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...
My First “All Nighter”
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An annual tradition, the Mother’s Day post. When I was in the third or
fourth grade, my mom signed me up for this after school space program. She
was a si...
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...
Maggie O’Brien – ‘Easy for You to Say,’
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Because it is ‘easy for you to say,’ are you any more or less justified to
speak on specific topics? In her thoughtful and well-written paper, ‘Easy
for Yo...
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...
Goodnight, and Good Luck!
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After four wonderful years, I have decided that it is time to move on
from Philosopher. While there won’t be new posts, the existing ones will
remain onlin...
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...
Jean Gouillard on Bekkos
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The following is a quick translation (made yesterday) of Jean Gouillard,
“Michel VIII et Jean Beccos devant l’union,” an essay that appeared on pp.
179-190...
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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