Weber has an interesting reading of both. Lawyers, he says, are the only ones who can make a good argument for a good case. Anybody can make...

The next several pages are a worthy history of the problem, which I will neither quote nor summarize. I do recommend reading it. The one pa...

It's common for states to have 'required classes' of politically-mandated nonsense that end up forcing high school students to s...

The problem with having a state that requires constant administration in order to maintain its position of power is that you need people who...

A full audit of the votes in Maricopa County, the most populous county in Arizona, has been ordered by the state senate. The Democratic Part...

Legitimacy may be grounded in several ways, but power is grounded only in one. How do the politically dominant powers manage to maintain the...

I added James' blog, which I don't think I realized existed until this week. If any other regulars have blogs that aren't listed...

Weber states that there are three justifications that states use to show that they are the legitimate locus of the sole right to use violenc...

I think this time I'll break it out by topic, starting with the one I mentioned in the introduction below.  Weber begins by asking wha...

...than with a kind word alone .

For our next philosophical piece, you will be happy to know that I have selected a much shorter work that is almost contemporary. Max Weber ...

This is just in six nations: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. 

Trade relations between the EU and UK did not suffer long . This is promising for any future decisions to depart from the EU, or similar sup...

Apparently a verdict has been reached in the trial of current moment, and will be announced shortly. I just want to take this quiet moment t...

A very slickly produced video, edited in a style to appeal to Millennial and younger viewers, nevertheless makes a fairly plausible case tha...

The public report redacts a lot of the actual data, because it contains specific details about voter registrations that could be used to ha...

  It’s getting pretty and warm. 

Last night was the anniversary of  Paul Revere's famous ride , which called the Minutemen to order to resist gun seizures by the British...

Last night, 60 Minutes ran an investigative piece into the Oath Keepers , the right-wing militia that is currently burning American cities ...

Apparently mathematicians are police running dogs . Now, it's my understanding that the argument against the police includes an argument...