Tag: leadership
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Ancient Greek word of note
…the subject of the Charmides is, What is sophrosyne? – and that word cannot be translated by any one English word. The truth is that this quality, this sophrosyne, which to the Greeks was an ideal second to none in importance, is not among our ideals. We have lost the conception of it. Enough is…
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Mission(s)
“We will lead the unified national effort to secure America. We will prevent and deter terrorist attacks and protect against and respond to threats and hazards to the nation. We will ensure safe and secure borders, welcome lawful immigrants and visitors, and promote the free-flow of commerce.” “To provide the military forces needed to deter…
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17 Theses of the bit
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The Monopoly on Death.
And will no one comment on the fact that an old man of your age, probably with only a short time to live, should dare to cling so greedily to life, at the price of violating the most stringent laws? Plato, Critias, 53d Plato’s dialogue between Critas and Socrates on the eve of his death,…
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Torture
Torture is a big topic these days in the American political conversation. Senator John McCain has brought forward a proposal to unambiguously disavow all methods of interrogation deemed to be “cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment” by any agent of the United States, anywhere in the world. The White House has responded by shouting,…
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The obligatory post about Katrina and the Flood of New Orleans
Well, its been a week since Katrina made landfall and it seems that more than anything, this has been a colossal failure of the State to meet its obligations to “protect the weak from the wicked” as Tom Paine would say, though in this case wickedness seems to be lurking in the aggregate of bureaucratic…
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Stupid Politician Tricks
So the Army is expecting that the politicians will fail and they will get stuck in Iraq for another four years. This little tidbit made the Sunday morning pundit circuit this week where politicians of both flavors said dumb politician things: from a USAToday story by Dave Moniz: From an AP report by Nedra Pickler:…
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combatants and beneficiaries
Asymmetric warfare really does depend on the blending of the lines between combatant and “innocent.” The fluid battlefield doesn’t really offer backwaters and safe havens to those who gain from the outcome of a battle and given the right ideological arguments, one might believe that the American and British are exporting terrorist casualties to Iraq…
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An Idea of Order
Some other thoughts:
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British man sacked for having opinion
Happy Independence Day. Take a moment to be glad you aren’t Alex Hanff, a British software developer who the Register is reporting was sacked for having opinion by his new employer, Aldcliffe Computer Systems. The gist is that he was asked to appear on an evening news talk show after the announcement of the U.…