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Justice

  • Mythopoesis

    Intro to Philosophy (MWF @ 1pm)–12 Sep 2016 We went through the beginning of Greek philosophy in Hesiod/Homer in their attempt to express a just world order through making-narratives (mythopoesis) of gods and the birth of the cosmos. This led to… Continue reading

    Mythopoesis

  • Whatever, Etc. 0037: Justice and the Tripartite Soul

    I was asked to drop by and engage in Dialog this evening, Mar 03, at 6pm, with some of my compatriots who are doing a close reading of Plato’s Republic. Live-streaming this for those who want to watch at home… Continue reading

    Whatever, Etc. 0037: Justice and the Tripartite Soul

  • Concentrating on U.S. Prisons

    Ted Asregadoo speaks with Truthout Executive Director, Maya Schenwar, about her current book project on prisons in the United States, solitary confinement, the nature of time, and why the humane treatment of prisoners is integral to the preservation of human… Continue reading

    Concentrating on U.S. Prisons

  • George Zimmerman, Propriety, and Losing Way

    Got up this morning and began looking through the reactions about the George Zimmerman acquittal. As usual, Charles P. Pierce over at Esquire magazine’s Politics Blog caught my eye… Thought experiments are useless now. Of course, if the races of… Continue reading

    George Zimmerman, Propriety, and Losing Way

  • Daodejing 28

    #28* Knowing power, abiding in modesty; like a stream under Heaven. Like a stream under Heaven- never abandoning eternal virtue, returning at last to purity. Knowing white, abiding in black; like this order under Heaven. Like this order under Heaven-… Continue reading

    Daodejing 28

  • Textimony 20130120

    In harmony? No need for sages. In discord? Needing sages. Heed their answers & not the question? Needing scholars. Adopt scholarship? Tyranny of authority. Source: asianart.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Continue reading

  • DOJ & HSBC Settle It: The War on Drugs is a War on Poor People

    Thanks to my good colleague & brother Carl Sachs for pointing out this story. More to think about in the war on drugs as a war against the average citizen when banking institutions are allowed to do business with the… Continue reading

  • Let them eat cake… for the 21st Century

    The corporate CEOs who have made a high-profile foray into deficit negotiations have themselves been substantially responsible for the size of the deficit they now want closed.The companies represented by executives working with the Campaign To Fix The Debt have… Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120809

    The “righteous” see only what is before them;       the Just obtain a more transcendent vision.          Overcoming before, no regretting after.  Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120804

    Fairness is but one facet of Justice…     Obsess on this alone & you forget such alternatives as Mercifulness without which Justice becomes certain tyranny. Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120731

      Virtue seeks justice in a symphony of gentle word & simple deed. Vice seeks justification in a cacophony of bitter talk & manic injury. Continue reading