kirbycairo

From Politics to Poetry

Thursday, June 11, 2020

History's Nasty Bite. . . .

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Iv'e never been a triumphalist. Perhaps, somewhere deep inside I'm too superstitious. Fortuna's wheel can turn against you on a ...
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Friday, May 31, 2019

Is A President Above the Law, or only beneath Contempt?

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Some people in the US keep telling us that "no one is above the law, even the president." But then the in next sentence they tell ...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Begging the Question and acting Appropriately. . .

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The phrase "beg the question" has recently begun to be widely misused, at least in relation to its strict traditional meaning. Peo...
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Saturday, May 18, 2019

My Socialism Includes Kids. . . .

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After a lifetime of observation and thought, it increasingly seems to me that failures on the left are often not a result ...
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Thursday, July 5, 2018

Hollywood, bigotry, and Scarlett Johansson. . . .

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Ok, it has been a long time since I last blogged, but my life in the past year has been a bit crazy and disjointed. Furthermore, I have foun...
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Thursday, May 18, 2017

Autocrats, dictators, and our Dynastic age. . . .

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It seems to me that one of the most troubling aspects of political culture is the remarkable tendency for autocrats and dictators to garner ...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

When John Dean accuses you of a "Cover-up," you've got a real Problem. . .

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Few people have as intimate a knowledge of political cover-ups as counselor to Richard Nixon John Dean. If you haven't already seen it...
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