A politics of affection
Affection, in the sense that I mean it, is a broad kind of love: a gentler, more abiding, more generous way of feeling-toward, and of… Read More »A politics of affection
Vision
Edmund Burke on virtue, experience and political leadership
Words from the past for the present. … no name, no power, no function, no artificial institution whatsoever, can make the men, of whom any… Read More »Edmund Burke on virtue, experience and political leadership
Michael Oakeshott on political activity and continuity
Those societies which retain, in changing circumstances, a lively sense of their own identity and continuity (which are without that hatred of their own experience… Read More »Michael Oakeshott on political activity and continuity
Edmund Burke on Circumstances and Political Principles; or, Context is King
I flatter myself that I love a manly, moral, regulated liberty as well as any gentleman of that society [the English Revolutionary Society, which wrote… Read More »Edmund Burke on Circumstances and Political Principles; or, Context is King
Worldview: Sarah Paine on Japanese culture and strategy in World War 2
Sarah Paine is a professor of History and Grand Strategy at the U.S. Naval War College. This excellent lecture sheds a lot of light on… Read More »Worldview: Sarah Paine on Japanese culture and strategy in World War 2
G. K. Chesterton on Hearsay Evidence
See also: GK Chesterton on HG Wells and the function of an open mindFools’ Money (2): Counter ArgumentChesterton’s Fence (at Farnham Street)
Lesslie Newbigin and Michael Polanyi on objectivity, personal knowledge, nihilism and tradition
Newbigin was a sharp but affectionate observer of Western culture, a highly educated insider with an extra layer of perspective that came from almost 40… Read More »Lesslie Newbigin and Michael Polanyi on objectivity, personal knowledge, nihilism and tradition
Cause and Effect (1): J. L. Mackie on INUS conditions
You can’t start a fire without a spark… and fuel… and… Asked what a cause is, we may be tempted to say that it is… Read More »Cause and Effect (1): J. L. Mackie on INUS conditions
A Place to Stand; or, A DriverlessCrocodile Worldview
Some foundational assumptions:
Tremendous Gamification-of-Community-Development-via-Collectable-Trading-Card-Innovation; or, Fukuokan Great Idea
おじさんゲットだぜー! In the small town of Kawara in Fukuoka Prefecture, something unexpected is happening at the Saidosho Community Center. While kids in most parts of… Read More »Tremendous Gamification-of-Community-Development-via-Collectable-Trading-Card-Innovation; or, Fukuokan Great Idea