Category: Feature

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Rereading the Iliad, I A, B, C (updated 05/19)

In fact, we do have a lot to learn about ourselves from studying Homeric man.  Homer’s heroes are extraordinary men, but they are not the etherial saints of ethical philosophers since Kant.   ”To know the will as an ethical factor” is a gift reserved for few mortal men in any era, but ordinary people, even when they do not possess these abstract concepts, are capable of sitting on juries and pronouncing on questions of guilt and innocence. 

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Tucker Purged

The purge of Tucker Carlson by Fox News came as a surprise to many, but not me. Having been in the conservative writing business now almost 50 years, it’s just normal behavior. Liberals pick up their wounded; conservatives shoot theirs.

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Establishment Looking for Ukraine Exit

Foreign Affairs is the most prestigious policy magazine in the world. It’s published by the Council on Foreign Relations, which conspiracy mongers say controls the world. It doesn’t, although its members are powerful and influential. As to Foreign Affairs itself, I like to say it’s “the Establishment talking to itself.” I used to have a subscription, but gave it up because they doubled the price as the quality of writing declined. But I’m still on their email list, so I get their list of articles, with short synopses. Some of those articles are free.