Should we take our leaders as seriously as they take themselves? Political leaders invest time and energy in cultivating their public...
Stealing the silver: How we take from the dispossessed, the poor and our own children There are numerous cases where well-meaning people find themselves defending...
To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
Banned Books and Freedom of Expression The right to free expression is severely threatened in many...
Liquidity: Finance in motion or evaporation? House prices stuck? Not enough liquidity. Inflation rising? Too much...
Divine Law, Human Prophet: Moses in Hebrew and Greek The Hebrew lawgiver Moses was compared to ancient Greek lawgivers...
Is the First Amendment the Greatest Right of All? This lecture discusses a hierarchy of rights. Is the First...
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...