Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Why the Rise of the AfD in Germany Should Come As No Surprise

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  According to a book published in 2021, back in 2018, Donald Trump said to his Chief of Staff, General John Kelly, that Adolf Hitler "...
Friday, August 28, 2026

Waskow II: What the Late Radical Rabbi Thought a New U.S. Constitution Should Look Like

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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Thomas Paine "In America the Law is King" Lawn Signs

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  I suppose everyone (or at least everyone residing in a "blue state") and I has seen these signs. Being fond of Paine myself, but...
Monday, August 10, 2026

Waskow I: What could cause an irreligious and bellicose left-wing agitator to become a rabbi?

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  The name Arthur Waskow meant nothing to me until my friend Joan Soble, in one of her lyrical Substack pieces, mentioned that someone with ...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Is there any safe and effective way to completely replace a constitution?

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                 In countries all over the world, populations regularly amend or even replace their constitutions. But complete overhaul is ...
Monday, July 6, 2026

Some Striking Things That Franz Neumann Wrote in 1935

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I have posted quite a bit about Carl Schmitt here. Somewhat less about Hans Kelsen, but at least something . However, I may not have written...
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Monday, June 29, 2026

Jack Lively and William Nelson on the Natures of Democracy and Popular Sovereignty

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    I was reading philosophy back in the late 70s and early 80s when the books discussed here came out, but I was not reading anything on de...
Saturday, June 20, 2026

What are the Limits of Constituent Power?

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  In the field of study on the margins of law, politics, and philosophy there are a number of phrases that are as iconic as “Great taste! Le...