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.
Saturday assorted links
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1. Opportunity cost?? 2. Is Tether the most profitable company in the world
per employee? 3. Flow (trailer), the animated Latvian silent movie about a
ca...
Up in Smoke
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As so much of California lies in ruin many wonder whether the Sunshine
state has finally had enough of the ideological incontinence that has
brought it so ...
S-USIH at #AHA2026
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Greetings, intellectual historians!
We are now accepting proposals for S-USIH sponsored sessions at next year’s
American Historical Association meeting. T...
APA Member Interview: Derek Estes
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Derek Estes teaches philosophy and theology in Pepperdine University’s
Religion and Philosophy Division. He is also in his final year at Saint
Louis Univ...
The morning read for Friday, Jan. 31
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[image: The morning read for Friday, Jan. 31]Each weekday, we select a
short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court.
Here’s th...
Will big data lift the veil of ignorance?
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(Hi all, wonderful to become part of this great blog! But now, directly on
to some content!) Imagine that you have a toothache, and a visit at the
dentist ...
The Epic Viking Saga of the Everyday
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Eleanor Barraclough on the ordinary people of Norse history
The post The Epic Viking Saga of the Everyday appeared first on The
American Scholar.
Did Church Once Make Us Good?
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In a new book, Jewish atheist Jonathan Rauch urges us back to the pews
The post Did Church Once Make Us Good? first appeared on ARC: Religion,
Politics, E...
Unlocking Cooperation: Open Societies
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How can democratic states enhance multilateral cooperation to more
proactively counter authoritarian efforts to erode freedom?
Another bulldozed child
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When from the heated atmosphere ofreligious narcissism you turn and face
yourselfand see yourself as you are — when youno longer can stifle the
voice insid...
2025 Kickoff
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A conversation on the metahistorical Fall, with a *not *so tortured artist
at Material Mysticism, and my article Hive Mind on Thomas Merton, Alan
Watts a...
Pres. Biden commutes most federal death sentences
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A report on today's announcement is here. Here's a bit: “Today, I am
commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to
life sente...
Escaping the News Encourages Tyranny
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Dr. Alice C. Linsley
The quote from British blogger, Steve Aitchson, seems to recommend
escapism. That appears to be his personal path. Steven Aitchi...
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...
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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