Category: Political Morality
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Kurt Schlichter
You don't want to end up on the wrong end of his invective. Schlichter may be the contemporary master of this mode of discourse. There is a place for invective in this fallen world although I sincerely wish invective were not needed. "Resist not the evil doer" and "Turn the other cheek" make sense only…
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Phrase of the Day: ‘Infra Dig’
I just came across the following sentence in Charles R. Kesler's Claremont Review of Books article, Thinking about Trump: It is not entirely clear whether his liberal and conservative critics disapprove of Trump because he violates moral law or because he is infra dig. The 'infra dig' threw me for a moment until I realized…
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Of Patella and POTUS: The Mueller Squeeze
Having some trouble with my right knee, I purchased a Mueller compression sleeve which is putting the squeeze on my patella in a manner much to be preferred to the in terrorem manner Robert Mueller is putting the squeeze on POTUS. And then there's Heinrich Mueller of Gestapo fame, no blood relation of Robert. I'll…
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Meditation on the Third Commandment
A 1941 article by C. S. Lewis. (HT: Victor Reppert) The Third Commandment in the ordering preferred by Protestants of Lewis' stripe is the one about taking the Lord's name in vain: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. Lewis meditates on the difficulties that must beset attempts to…
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Private and Public Morality Again
Elliot submits the following and I add comments in blue: After reading Machiavelli, Arendt, and the Important Difference between Private and Public Morality, I thought you might be interested in J. P. Moreland’s A Biblical Case For Limited Government. His position seems similar to yours (and mine) is several respects. Here are some relevant quotations. — “In…
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Machiavelli, Arendt, and the Important Difference between Private and Public Morality
Reader R. B. writes: I have been enjoying your posts about immigration because they are insightful. I'm on the border (haha) about the issue for the most part. I work with illegals from Mexico (in a restaurant) so you can imagine how that plays into my thinking. The problem as I see it is this:…