Election 2016: Intuitions and Reflections

My heart weighs heavy as the soap opera of this election year draws nearer to its dramatic conclusion.  I have decided perhaps against better judgment to add my own thoughts to the already vast cacophony of polemical voices and moralizing zealots.  I have little to add in terms of particular analysis of the candidates and…

Deliberating Liberty

Since I was a child, I have long heard of the all-encompassing Golden Rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. My first thought is always that this is an imprecise translation of the great command of Christ, to love thy neighbor as thyself. The difference the word “love” makes in…