Category Archives: Jottings

Plato’s Cave is from a story in book seven of Plato’s Republic. The postulate is, in short, that for people living in a cave all their lives, information from outside must seem like a fantasy. All they know is life … Continue reading →

I am finding it hard to come up with topics to write about these days; we seem to be at some sort of political hiatus, waiting for some things to end, some things to begin. In addition, I really do … Continue reading →

Harry Jaffa has an interesting discussion in Opinion Journal on the relationship between the majority and minority in a Democracy, especially in relationship to our efforts to help Democracy bloom in Iraq. It raises the question of what rights a … Continue reading →

We have spent more than a few years, over the past few decades, discussing the role of women in society. We have women’s studies departments in the major universities, reams of books on “glass ceilings” and how to “have it … Continue reading →