The New York Times reports on French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plan to introduce a bill in May to ban the wearing of the full veil in public places in France including from streets, markets and shops, according to his spokesman, Luc Chatel. Sarkozy intends the bill, a follow up to the 2004 ban on conspicuous […]
The Open Mind III: a Liberal’s Principles Defended and Further Propounded
The idea of Principia Liberalis was to explore the roots of those partly different perceptions of reality ShrinkWrapped and I have of the world. I say partly because, of course, like most humans, we share a lot in our perceptions. I think he and I may even share more than that. But there are profound […]
Obama Abroad: Liberal, Moderate, Careful
President Obama is being excoriated by some on the left for his Afghanistan escalation, and by some on the right too, though the right, after months of impatience with the kind of thoughtful policy making the Bush years trained it to abhor, is mostly happier about the decision. I’ve already written about both the decision […]
The Open Mind III: Riposte Continued
ShrinkWrapped has concluded his initial response to my Principia Liberalis. I will further the conversation as soon as possible. Again, comments are closed at the sad red earth and should be offered at ShrinkWrapped. The Open Mind III: Riposte Continued In reviewing Jay’s 25 point Principia Liberalis* a few things stood out of me. One […]
The Open Mind III Riposte: Abridged
ShrinkWrapped has offered a first, abbreviated response to my Open Mind III post, Principia Liberalis. He explains below. Comments on this post are closed at this site and should be made at ShrinkWrapped. The Open Mind III Riposte: Abridged I had planned on addressing Jay’s 25 point Principia Liberalis today but time pressures have interfered. […]