Political and social observations from two aspiring hedgehogs who love the Isaiah Berlin essay.
Christopher Hitchens does it here in a Slate piece entitled "Rove Rage." I tried to find an excerpt to quote, but the whole piece is too tightly written to allow any brief quote that would do justice to it. Read, my friends, read!
posted by Lowell Brown at 5:24 AM
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"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." --Archilochus
What Do We Mean by "Hedgehog," Anyway?Read Article6blog: Presidential Politics and Religion!
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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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