The Philosopher's Stone

A Commentary on the Passing Scene by Robert Paul Wolff rwolff@afroam.umass.edu

Thursday, June 30, 2022

LET'S NOT LEAVE ANYTHING ON THE TABLE

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There is still $250 on the table to match an additional $125 in donations to the DLCC.  Let us not leave anything to chance! Any small donor...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

ONWARD!

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The first day of my challenge was a splendid success. With four donations of $100 each and one donation of $200 matched by $600 from the Pal...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

A CHALLENGE

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I read the 27 comments to my post yesterday and although they were, as usual, thoughtful and knowledgeable, they offered no guidance on what...
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Monday, June 27, 2022

DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES

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Biden has said that he is not in favor of expanding the Court.  No surprise there. This is a long shot, but I think it is our only chance. F...
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Sunday, June 26, 2022

LITERARY ECHOES

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Gregory of Tours was a sixth century bishop whose work A History of the Franks is one of the few historical accounts of Western European ha...
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Saturday, June 25, 2022

WE LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES, TO QUOTE THE OLD CHINESE CURSE

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I was so angry last night that I lay in bed with clenched fists snapping at our cat. This is now playing out pretty much as I anticipated. T...
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Friday, June 24, 2022

GAME ON

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And so it has happened, as we knew it would. The Supreme Court decision, coming on the heels of the brilliant presentatio by the January 6 C...
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As I observed in one of my books, in politics I am an anarchist, in religion I am an atheist, and in economics I am a Marxist. I am also, rather more importantly, a husband, a father, a grandfather, and a violist.
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