Clipped

A common plight of those with a theoretical bent is that they often take too long to think what most people feel in a moment. My intent here, unfortunately, is to do just this. Recent political and social strife, especially within the United States, has brought to the fore just how difficult it has becomeContinue reading “Clipped”

The Idea of Liberalism

For B. A. B., who continually asked for this to be written. ‘Liberalism’ was concerned [with what] I have called the menace of ‘sovereign’ authority and with constitutional devices to reduce it. If it had any theoretical understanding of a state it was that of an association in terms of assured ‘natural rights’ recognized asContinue reading “The Idea of Liberalism”