Why the Greeks Matter

Allen Bloom succinctly makes the case for why Classical Studies are so important.The Greeks were the first people to divorce the notion that ethnicity implied superiority. Well, perhaps not the Greek people as a whole, but the Greek thinkers whose works have been...

Hospitals and Baudelaire's "Anywhere Out of the World"

Originally, hospitals were way stations, stops along the way where pilgrims would stay in order to refresh themselves and prepare for the next part of their journey.They were given a place to pause and rest in order to restore their strength for a purpose, to honor...

Living in the City that You Grew up in

Sometimes it’s difficult living in the city that you grew up in. Every place where I used to play; the homes that I lived in; the apartments that I moved into and moved out of, all of it just comes and goes without any real stop or significance. I lived in those...

Side Conversation on the Death Penalty

What makes the discussion about the Death Penalty so penetrating, so significant?It is the most intense intersection, example of the conflict of man versus the State, individual versus society.The reason why intellectuals or “second hand dealers in ideas” cannot...

Thoughts Concerning the State and Ancient Greece

Let us conclude the matter as follows.Human beings need government to protect their rights. Nothing more.How is government to be constructed? How is it to be administered?Let’s consider a fundamental question: is the State an entity in itself, or is it a mere label,...