Monthly Archives: July 2013

The Bon Mots of Ross Douthat or The Comic Chatter of ‘Going for Bolingbroke’ by Political Observer

To read Mr. Douthat’s essay of July 27,2013 is to encounter a comic pastiche of a philosophical commentary: on the subject of self-understanding as integral to  self-definition, confining itself to the contemporary American  Republican Party. But Mr. D. cannot resist … Continue reading

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David Brooks, T.S. Eliot and Rootless Cosmopolitan Confront The Secular Society

If the summer, that has just started, has offered you scant amusements, let me offer a suggestion, read David Brooks’ essay titled  The Secular Society .  And experience an intellectual entertainment that demonstrates Mr. Brooks’ ability to trivialize and vulgarize … Continue reading

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Korematsu and Parks

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Rosa Parks

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