Category Archives: Briefs
Dr. Seuss on the Boston Bombings. Kinda.
Leave it to one of the most beloved children literature’s authors to provide the most real and on point insight regarding the ownership and use of agency.
Dr. Seuss on the Boston Bombings. Kinda.
Leave it to one of the most beloved children literature’s authors to provide the most real and on point insight regarding the ownership and use of agency.
When is it a National Tragedy?
Some thoughts on the Wisconsin Sikh Temple [Gurdwara] Shooting
When is it a National Tragedy?
Some thoughts on the Wisconsin Sikh Temple [Gurdwara] Shooting
Circle of Equity
8 sentences of political advice Aristotle allegedly gave Alexander the Great (the most popular guy in the world it seems) which were adopted by Ibn Khaldun and then by the Ottoman thinker Kinalizade ‘Ali Celebi who coined it as the
Circle of Equity
8 sentences of political advice Aristotle allegedly gave Alexander the Great (the most popular guy in the world it seems) which were adopted by Ibn Khaldun and then by the Ottoman thinker Kinalizade ‘Ali Celebi who coined it as the
Dear White People
Someone who has been a victim of injustice is legitimately angry and they may or may not express anger in ways we like. Criticizing the way people express their anger deflects attention and action away from the injustice that was
Dear White People
Someone who has been a victim of injustice is legitimately angry and they may or may not express anger in ways we like. Criticizing the way people express their anger deflects attention and action away from the injustice that was
Proust
I began to discover the cause by comparing those varying happy impressions which had the common quality of being felt simultaneously at the actual moment and at a distance in time, because of which common quality the noise of the
International Relations Summarized
I’m not interested in crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights. Desmond Tutu
International Relations Summarized
I’m not interested in crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights. Desmond Tutu
Talal Asad on Human Rights Discourse
Why, I asked, was there such a disparity between the record of third-world countries and those of Euro-American democracies? My answer to that question is equally banal: people in the latter are neither more hypocritical nor more virtuous than in
Talal Asad on Human Rights Discourse
Why, I asked, was there such a disparity between the record of third-world countries and those of Euro-American democracies? My answer to that question is equally banal: people in the latter are neither more hypocritical nor more virtuous than in
Oh Right. Aftermath. Yes.
The difficulty is the amount of weapons unleashed into the desert by the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi and of his supporters. Those weapons are simply flooding into the region, falling into wrong hands. Some of them are certain going to
Oh Right. Aftermath. Yes.
The difficulty is the amount of weapons unleashed into the desert by the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi and of his supporters. Those weapons are simply flooding into the region, falling into wrong hands. Some of them are certain going to
#OccupyMiddleOfNoWhereAlberta
A post is way overdue. But here’s a teaser of what life has been like in ..well ..nowhere Alberta.
#OccupyMiddleOfNoWhereAlberta
A post is way overdue. But here’s a teaser of what life has been like in ..well ..nowhere Alberta.
