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When We Choose Knaves
The Alien and Enemies Act gives the President nearly unfettered power to expel non-citizens in times of war and the Supreme Court has given the President great leeway to determine what is and what is not a war. What we are witnessing is less a constitutional crisis than a cold and cruel manipulation of existing laws to stoke fear that is shocking to our humanist sensibilities. 03-23-2025
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What We're Reading: Antiracism and the Meaning of Freedom
How does one practice antiracism? What, exactly, is freedom?06-09-2019
Arendt’s Political Relevance
Roger Berkowitz shares John Thomason's examination of Arendt's ideas applied to the present time.06-09-2019
Back Row America
Roger Berkowitz looks at Chris Arnade's revelations about a different side of life in America.06-09-2019
Question and Answer
Mary Frances Williams was asked to leave the Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies meeting this year... 06-02-2019
Private Wisdom and Public Rhetoric
Anastasia Berg and Jon Baskin at The Point look at the public/private distinction among left academics, responding to...06-02-2019
Campus Politics
Liel Leibovitz offers an interesting perspective on the current wave of identity politics on college campuses in Tablet...06-02-2019
Immortality and Politics
Roger Berkowitz writes about immortality, Arendt, and Amber Scorah's reflections on grief.06-02-2019
In Memoriam:
Jacques Taminiaux
By Jerome KohnI met Jacques Taminiaux in 1978 in Monteripido, where the Collegium Phenomenologicum gathered for six weeks in June and July. Monteripido is a Franciscan monastery -- a calm and beautiful place -- eight hundred years old, built in stone high above the fortress city of Perugia, Umbria, italy. It is the oldest Franciscan monastery after Assisi in which St. Francis lived and died. When the sky is clear one can see from Monteripido to Assisi.
05-26-2019