SODOM & GOMORRAH: Reports that the New York Police Department crossed into New Jersey to carry out surveillance on terror suspects have renewed the debate over how best to react to the threat of international terrorist groups. Supporters of the NYPD say that the measures were completely justified, while people in New Jersey and the Obama administration have suggested that … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2012
The Greece Default is Here
SODOM & GOMORRAH: It's happened - despite all the hand-wringing, apologizing, and bailing out, the Greece default has happened. Late Friday, a group of dealers in credit default swaps decided that Greece's recent bond swap constituted a "credit event". The yes vote by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association entitles holders of Greek credit default swaps to … [Read more...]
A Currency to Rival the Euro
SODOM & GOMORRAH: The first cracks begin to appear in the Eurozone; financially distraught Iceland considers adopting a new currency. The Economist reports that Iceland is debating whether to move away from the krona and adopt a different currency. Canadians are likely to be thrilled by the idea, since the current proposal is to use the Canadian dollar (known as the … [Read more...]
Nazi Mysticism: Works Cited
SODOM & GOMORRAH: A sample of the works cited in this study. Arendt, Hannah. 1958. The Human Condition. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1998). Arendt, Hannah. 1963. Eichmann in Jerusalem. (New York: Penguin Books, 2006). Aristotle. "Politics" in The Basic Works of Aristotle, ed. Richard McKeon. (New York: Random House, 2001). Berlin, Isaiah. 1994. … [Read more...]
Nazi Mysticism: The Myth of Post-Mythical Politics
SODOM & GOMORRAH: We are told myth is dead. This itself is a myth - and a very dangerous one at that. In the vein of the Enlightenment, people today are convinced that the expansion of reason and science will do away with old superstitions. Religion, myth, and anything not falsifiable is on the way out. We would do well to echo the words of Carl Schmitt: "No one should … [Read more...]