Author’s Note: I have just completed Richard J. Evans’s The Coming of the Third Reich, the first volume of his history of Nazi Germany, and have begun the second, The Third Reich in Power. The first volume has been a remarkable education in the political and institutional history
The United States enters its 250th year with a historical inheritance far younger than those of the world's older civilizations. Two and a half centuries may seem substantial in a nation's life, yet it is remarkably short compared with the histories of Rome, Greece, China, Britain,
The Voting Booth Is Where the Party Machine Should Stop
As the November elections approach, I would ask every American citizen to take seriously the responsibility that comes with the ballot. Study the people whose names appear before you. Listen to what they say. Look at what they have done.
The Voting Booth Is Where the Party Machine Should Stop
As the November elections approach, I would ask every American citizen to take seriously the responsibility that comes with the ballot. Study the people whose names appear before you. Listen to what they say. Look at what they have done.
Author’s Note: I have just completed Richard J. Evans’s The Coming of the Third Reich, the first volume of his history of Nazi Germany, and have begun the second, The Third Reich in Power. The first volume has been a remarkable education in the political and institutional history
The United States enters its 250th year with a historical inheritance far younger than those of the world's older civilizations. Two and a half centuries may seem substantial in a nation's life, yet it is remarkably short compared with the histories of Rome, Greece, China, Britain,
Chapter Three
Among Ian Fleming’s fourteen James Bond books, only once does he appear to suspend the narrative long enough to ask directly what evil is. The conversation between James Bond and René Mathis near the end of Casino Royale is unlike anything else in the Bond canon.[1]
I had not known of Guy Debord until last Saturday. While wandering through a weekend market in Nashville, I noticed a copy of The Society of the Spectacle lying among a collection of socially oriented books. The title alone was sufficient to arrest my attention. I bought it with no
Author’s Note: The following essay is drawn from a forthcoming book manuscript currently in development. It is an excerpt from a larger chapter and is presented here in a provisional, condensed form. The work reflects more than thirty years of study of the Hebrew Scriptures as translated into the
Author’s Note: The following essay is drawn from a forthcoming book manuscript currently in development. It is an excerpt from a larger chapter and is presented here in a provisional, condensed form. The work reflects more than thirty years of study of the Hebrew Scriptures as translated into the
An unexpected centre
When I arrived at Oxford to begin the MSc Global Healthcare Leadership, I anticipated a world of thought shaped by rigour, breadth, and the weight of long tradition. What I did not foresee, though I came to treasure it, was the presence of something more intimate and
