Frank Breslin·Dec 7, 2024A Political Fairy TaleOnce there was a democracy that had lost its way. Two irreconcilable views of government were tearing it apart. The first maintained that a…A response icon3A response icon3
Frank Breslin·Mar 2, 2024America’s SchizophreniaOnce there was a democracy that had lost its way. Two irreconcilable views of government were tearing it apart. The first maintained that a…
Frank Breslin·Aug 11, 2023America’s Split PersonalityQuod nimis miseri volunt hoc facile credunt. What the wretched eagerly want they easily believe (Seneca, The Mad Hercules, 313).
Frank Breslin·Apr 6, 2023The Romans on Managing Slaves (5)So, what happened in American higher education over the past few generations? I’ll let Noam Chomsky explain. In the 1950s, the United…
Frank Breslin·Dec 19, 2022America at War with ItselfOnce there was a democracy that had lost its way. Two irreconcilable views of government were tearing it apart. The first maintained that a…
Justin Lillard·Sep 14, 2022Ends and excellencesPlato, Republic, trans. Benjamin Jowett (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1881).
Justin Lillard·Sep 8, 2022Without justice…or only with it?Plato, Republic, trans. Benjamin Jowett (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1881).
Justin Lillard·Sep 7, 2022The wise and good artistPlato, Republic, trans. Benjamin Jowett (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1881).
Justin Lillard·Sep 5, 2022Help me understand thisPlato, Republic, trans. Benjamin Jowett (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1881).
Frank Breslin·Sep 3, 2022Reputation, the Outsider, and a Political Fairy TaleFidem qui perdit nihil potest ultra perdere. Whoever loses his reputation can lose nothing more (Publilius Syrus, Maxims, 209). If you want…
