Monthly Archives: March 2022

What Are The Implications Of the Ukraine War For Taiwan? (3-4-22)

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Luke Ford

00:00 My new Norelco electric shaver (scratchy audio first six minutes) 02:00 Amazon’s nut chocolate harvest 04:00 The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142846 What Is The Role Of The State? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142828 23:00 Hans Freyer’s journey from church to … Continue reading →

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Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Luke Ford

Academic Christopher Capozzola writes in 2010: * One thing we know is that the word obligation was very much on their minds. During World War I, when Americans discussed their relationship to the state, they used terms such as duty, … Continue reading →

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Putin Seems Disrespectful Of Human Rights, Bro (3-1-22)

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Luke Ford

00:00 The moral lens on the Russian invasion of Ukraine 03:00 Colin Liddell joins, https://affirmativeright.blogspot.com/2022/02/putin-has-lost.html 05:00 Why does the dissident right revere Putin? 07:00 Broad revulsion at Putin 10:00 Putin is not Hitler 12:00 The late life crisis 13:00 The … Continue reading →

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The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2010 book by Samuel Moyn: * Historians of human rights approach their subject, in spite of its novelty, the way church historians once approached theirs. They regard the basic cause—much as the church historian … Continue reading →

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What Is The Role Of The State?

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Luke Ford

From the 2019 book, The Oxford Handbook of Carl Schmitt: * Oakeshott concedes that authority is seldom durable, no matter the form of political organization achieved. Anarchy always lurks “just below the surface,” and once authority is questioned or denied, … Continue reading →

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