Normally I would append this personal observation as a coda. My post on the Imperial Presidency below is too clean, too intellectual; a register I hide in when I need to process something that has not yet resolved itself emotionally. For all the veneer of historical distance, the current public discourse feels shallow to me,Continue reading “July 4, 2026”
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Why Return to the Greek Myths
This project begins from a simple premise: human nature has not changed. The technologies surrounding us have transformed almost beyond recognition, but the underlying motives that drive human action remain stubbornly familiar. Ambition, envy, loyalty, desire, the longing for recognition, the dread of mortality: these appear in every age, already fully visible in the earliestContinue reading “Why Return to the Greek Myths”
The Golden Fleece
I am not certain if I read too broadly or not concisely enough. In thinking about the Argonauts, I recall the Golden Fleece, a ram’s skin of radiant gold, and immediately think of the golden calf that Moses cast down, and then to scapegoats, Jesus as the lamb. The narratives form a skein that demandsContinue reading “The Golden Fleece”
Protective Arts 