Category: Legalia

Sataurday 1/21/17

  1. The Class Clown Repents
  2. “Leading from behind”
  3. Tribalism on Parade
  4. What I did at the Inauguration
  5. The scholarly reading audience
  6. My Man Mitch

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Inauguration Day

  1. Music du jour
  2. A More Perfect Absolutism
  3. Read news like a defense attorney
  4. It’s more real onscreen
  5. Rahm’s lawless Chicago
  6. Land of the slave, home of the timid

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Tuesday 1/17/17

  1. Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin redux
  2. Chronicling a mid-life religious crisis
  3. Real Civil Liberties don’t get no respect
  4. Trump the Twitter-Tweetin’ Fool
  5. Is Trump the Heir of Reagan — or of LBJ?
  6. Deracinated Donald
  7. The Trump Dossier
  8. Eh? Was that a “Yes” or a “No”?

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Where are the Watchmen? (Day 2)

I attended the Eighth Day Symposium, an Orthodox-inspired but broadly somewhat ecumenical gathering, Friday and Saturday. The Symposium title was “Where Are the Watchmen?,” based on a September 2016 Harpers essay by Alan Jacobs.

Some highlights of Saturday (Friday’s highlights are here). Sit back. It’s long — but very rewarding. I’ll highlight the links to my personal favorites, but your mileage may vary.

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