Maverick Philosopher

The Deep Meaning of Ferguson: The End of the Rule of Law

Ferguson is of course just one instance. But it is emblematic. As usual, Victor Davis Hanson gets it right: In the Ferguson disaster, the law was the greatest casualty. Civilization cannot long work if youths strong-arm shop owners ...

How to Tell the Truth without being Truthful

Mainstream media accounts of Michael Brown of Ferguson fame repeatedly refer to him as an "unarmed teenager." You may recall Rodney King and the repeated press references to him as a "motorist." Trayvon Martin, we were often told, was...

We are Bothered by Different Things

Brian Kennedy, A Passion to Oppose: John Anderson, Philosopher, Melbourne University Press, 1995, p. 141: Melbourne intellectuals came to regard [John] Anderson 'as the man who had betrayed the Left, a man who had gone over to the oth...

More on Tribalism and the Identity-Political Right

A re-post from 2 November 2017 emended and supplemented. ................................... This entry continues a discussion with a Right-identitarian interlocutor. My current position is one of rejection of both Left- and Right-ide...