Homage to Icarus

Sadly, No! throws an offhanded dig at Mark Noonan’s descrip­tion of the “Kingdom of God” as a state of exis­tence. While Noonan even­tu­ally does come out in favor of democ­racy, you’ll note that it’s only because you can’t guar­an­tee you’ll get a com­pe­tent and benev­o­lent dic­ta­tor (one who only oppresses The Other) not because the […]

Inspired from from a com­ment on Ezra Klein: A Bit More On Gore, I went look­ing for Sartre, first as a tool in ser­vice of blame, until about three para­graphs in, when it became a tool in ser­vice of knowl­edge. This caught my eye:
Tomorrow, after my death, some men may decide to estab­lish Fascism, and the […]

[Redacted because it wasn’t fair to loved ones.]