A familiar narrative goes something like this: back in 1958, Isaiah Berlin somewhat confusingly defined two (one positive, one negative) concepts of liberty.| digressionsimpressions.substack.com
One reason why so much recent political philosophy/theory is (recall) obsolete is that it fails to take seriously the possibility of ‘despotic Bonapartism’ as an inherent feature of liberal democracy.| digressionsimpressions.substack.com
Statesmanship in a post-Constitutional moment| The American Mind
From Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, 13 November 1787| founders.archives.gov
After they leave office or government service, high ranking, former government officials usually do not present a vision of how things might well be improved in their former abodes.| digressionsimpressions.substack.com