Political and social observations from two aspiring hedgehogs who love the Isaiah Berlin essay.
Al-Sadr's slate got so few votes in January's election that they didn't get a single seat in the Iraqi parliament. Yet, it seems, their ability to turn out a few tattered demonstrators is enough to garner headlines throughout the U.S. Why?Well, I think I have a few ideas about the answer. I suspect you all do too.
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"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." --Archilochus
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
--John Adams, 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770.
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