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2019-03-04T18:40:06-05:00

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“We the Corporations?!”

Last updated on: March 4, 2019 at 6:40 pm By Carl Gregg

Adam Winkler (1967-) is a professor of constitutional law at UCLA. I first encountered him through his fascinating book Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America. So I was intrigued when I discovered he published a second book on We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights. I’ve posted previously about Winkler’s first book, so I’ll limit myself to only one point from it for now. In the 2008 case District of Columbia v.... Read more

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2019-01-21T11:13:39-05:00

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MLK’s Dreams & Legacies: Who Is Forming You?

Last updated on: January 21, 2019 at 11:13 am By Carl Gregg

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I am aware of two significant—though also painful—anniversaries that feel important to name aloud. This year is the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans arriving in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. This year is also the 100th Anniversary of the Red Summer of 1919, when there was a sharp spike in white people violently targeting African Americans, resulting in hundreds of deaths. I invite us to allow our awareness of these historic reminders... Read more

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2018-12-31T13:15:59-05:00

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“The Hidden Life of Trees”

Last updated on: December 31, 2018 at 1:15 pm By Carl Gregg

As I have been learning more about the hidden life of trees, I have also been paying more attention to how much trees have meant to people over time. Most recently, I was watching the Springsteen on Broadway recording on Netflix, and I was not surprised that as “The Boss” waxed nostalgically about his life, one vignette prominently featured a tree. Remembering his childhood home, he recalled that, In our front yard, only a few feet from our porch, stood... Read more

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2019-12-14T15:26:18-05:00

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Sexy Secrets about Religion

Last updated on: December 10, 2018 at 8:26 pm By Carl Gregg

One of the most interesting contemporary religion scholars I have found is Jeffrey Kripal, a tenured professor at Rice University in Houston, Texas. I discovered his work about five years ago, and have followed his career with interest since then. Last year he published a book with the unusual title Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents in the History of Religions (University of Chicago Press, 2017). A less academic way of saying “erotic and esoteric” is: “I’m going to tell you... Read more

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2018-12-06T15:26:55-05:00

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“The Color of Money”

Last updated on: December 6, 2018 at 3:26 pm By Carl Gregg

A few months ago I finally had the chance to visit the National Museum of African American History & Culture in D.C. Tickets are free, but they remain in short supply. I have heard many people say that they are waiting to go until the lines to go down. I’m not sure if the lines will go down, so I encourage you not to wait. We were able to get tickets through their same-day timed entry passes, which are available... Read more

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2018-11-30T10:59:39-05:00

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“Privacy, Social Justice, & Survival in a Hyper-connected World”

Last updated on: November 30, 2018 at 10:59 am By Carl Gregg

The late Alan Westin (1929 – 2013) was a Professor of Public Law & Government at Columbia University. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he wrote two major books on privacy, and it is no coincidence that both book titles include the word free: Privacy and Freedom (1967) and Databanks in a Free Society (1972). Keep that word freedom in mind because it is more important than might be initially clear. Privacy is about more than what you do... Read more

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2018-11-16T14:13:25-05:00

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“History Teaches Us To Resist”

Last updated on: November 16, 2018 at 2:13 pm By Carl Gregg

On the other side of Election Day, many systems of oppression remain in place, but there are also signs of movement and progress: “At least 100 women won House races, with 35 women newly elected to the House and 65 female incumbents. That bests the previous record of 85 representatives….” “Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland will become the first Native American women elected to Congress.” “Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar will become the first Muslim women in Congress.” “Colorado’s Jared... Read more

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2018-11-06T16:52:55-05:00

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“The People vs. Democracy”

Last updated on: November 6, 2018 at 4:52 pm By Carl Gregg

On the eve of the U.S. midterm elections, it is important to be honest, clear, and direct about the unprecedented level at which our current president has regularly, openly, and unapologetically shown “disdain for basic constitutional norms” (Mounk 2). There is not time for an exhaustive list, but here is one distillation: Over the course of his campaign, candidate Trump broke just about every basic rule of democratic politics. He promised to jail his political opponents. He refused to say... Read more

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2018-11-01T16:20:26-04:00

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What Liberal Fundamentalism Is— and What It Isn’t

Last updated on: November 1, 2018 at 4:20 pm By Carl Gregg

Nathan Walker’s fascinating and provocative book Cultivating Empathy: The Worth and Dignity of Every Person — Without Exception defines Liberal Fundamentalism as “when we who take pride in being open-minded close our minds—when we become what we set out against” (84). The classical liberal tradition does treasure open-mindedness, but at an even more foundational level, classical liberalism is from the Latin root liber, meaning “free.” Liberals tend to have a gut-level inclination toward freedom, toward liberty, toward saying to each... Read more

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