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March 2, 2025

There is a providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), German chancellor. Attributed, Jay p.47

Who would have thought Bismarck a believer in American exceptionalism?

One wonders if such providence still functions vis-à-vis the United States?

April 30, 2025

1 year ago

In Aristotelian terms, the good leader must have ethos, pathos and logos.

February 12, 2025

1 year ago

Why shouldn’t things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go well together.

April 22, 2025

1 year ago

Politics demands a certain rhetoric. It does not demand moral action to fit the rhetoric.

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