Utopian communities are efforts to put theory into practice.
More travels to utopia.
The Parthenon is in Nashville!
My celebrity look-alikes.
Robert Oppenheimer and Robert Redford, to name but two of the lucky guys who look like me.
Who can resist the obvious. We are all celebrities.
The word is out!
Halliday’s piece is tepid.
And it is Rosé!
Theory is everywhere
Echo yes, but all noise and no signal.
Just when the coast seems clear, theory appears!
Is political theory nothing more than poetry?
The poetry of A D Hope is worth reading.
A reader raised this question, though in a rather different tone.
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Blogs I read.
Blogs I read.
Blogs I read.
Who is the best Poirot?
He is a social scientist of the human condition.
Who is the best Poirot? This question came up on Facebook, and I naturally took to the keyboard to answer. See below for further enlightenment. Facebook had a great many expressions of opinion on this question, and I am glad to see that. However, that is all they were. Blurted opinions. Below I start an argument with some criteria.
From “Das Deustchlandspiel” to “The German Gambit”
I have been looking for this documentary for several years. Once again Fox was right: it is out there.
Persistence pays off again.
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Couple of things
I am desperately seeking Deutschlandspiel .
I am desperately seeking Deutschlandspiel .
Let’s talk canon!
Tarah asks, “I was wondering what qualified a political theorist as being one that is sufficiently noteworthy for you to write about?”