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Note: Below I conclude my four-part review of Philip K. Howard’s Everyday Freedom: Designing the Framework for a Flourishing Society, available here (Amazon). Previously, we surveyed Philip K. Howard’s three-part critique of modern law: too many rules, too many procedures, … Continue reading →

Note: Below I review Chapter 5 (pp. 36-52) of Philip K. Howard’s Everyday Freedom: Designing the Framework for a Flourishing Society, available here (Amazon). In a previous post, I summed up Philip K. Howard’s three-part critique of modern law, a … Continue reading →

Note: Below I review Chapter 4 (pp. 24-35) of Philip K. Howard’s new book, Everyday Freedom: Designing the Framework for a Flourishing Society, available here (Amazon). In my previous post, I restated Philip Howard’s tautological definition of freedom (“People must … Continue reading →

File under: “Sorry, not sorry!” For the record, according to this NATO Press Release, only one-third of the countries in the NATO alliance are spending at least 2 percent of their GDP on their defense. The remaining two-thirds NATO members are … Continue reading →

I will be reviewing Mr Howard’s new book Everyday Freedom: Designing the Framework for a Flourishing Society in the days ahead; in the meantime, here is his Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Howard

By some accounts (see, for example, this one), the modern-day origins of Saint Valentine’s Day go back to the 14th Century, and according to this report in The Scotsman, this amorous occasion was celebrated in Scotland as far back as … Continue reading →

Down below, on sidewalks, in fallen leaves, and across the forest floor, a covert invasion is taking place. Ant colonies, revered and studied for their complex collective behaviors, are being infiltrated by tiny organisms called myrmecophiles. Using incredibly sophisticated tactics, … Continue reading →

This weekend, I showcased two new books authored or edited by faculty at my home institution: Ty Matejowsky’s Smothered and Covered: Waffle House and the Southern Imaginary (University of Alabama Press, 2022; see here) and David Head and Timothy Hemmis’s … Continue reading →