Thanks so much to GeoffB, who was able to locate the .pdf of some of my old course notes, which — as background for my students — dealt with many of the issues of interpretation that we’ve been discussing here (and elsewhere) over the past few days. Many of the following observations on meaning and hermeneutics were made by Walter Benn Michaels and augmented by me for my own pedagogical

Please. Do what you can to keep protein wisdom the barely relevant voice of classical liberalism it pretends to be. After all, your throwing good money after bad month after month is what keeps alive what should be a dying site that offers little in the way of intellectual worth. Thanks in advance. Suckers. **** Sunday update: Thanks to those who contributed. I’m at about a quarter of my target

…as some of our frequent commenters are fond of asserting, then how do we go about changing perception in order to bring it in line with our “reality”? Some advocate we do so by, you know, blending. That is, becoming less like what those in charge of framing perception think us to be, and becoming more like those framing perception. In short, capitulating. Me, I advocate changing the perception by

Well, given that intentionalism just is, I’m sure you can guess my answer — but let’s look at the argument anyway:

Well, given that intentionalism just is, I’m sure you can guess my answer — but let’s look at the argument anyway:

The liberal fascism, they’re not even hiding it anymore: In April 2010, a federal appeals court ruled that the F.C.C. had exceeded its authority by telling Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, that it had to give Internet users equal access to all online content providers, even if some of their content was clogging Comcast’s network. [FCC Chair] Mr. Genachowsk decided that the commission should consider broadband service a sort

The liberal fascism, they’re not even hiding it anymore: In April 2010, a federal appeals court ruled that the F.C.C. had exceeded its authority by telling Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, that it had to give Internet users equal access to all online content providers, even if some of their content was clogging Comcast’s network. [FCC Chair] Mr. Genachowsk decided that the commission should consider broadband service a sort

Seems the GOP brainstrust is ready to party (build) like it’s 1999! Notably absent from the new GOP conspiracy – at least as described by Allen and Vogel – is evidence of an understanding that the Internet represents a paradigm shift in the essential context of national politics. There is also no evidence from the Politico piece that the Tea Party movement represents an “Army of Davids” uprising that is,

The time has come, I think. As a kind of permanent reminder of what I’ve done here, and what you as readers have responded to — for good or ill — over the last 8 or so years, I’ve decided to ink myself up with a few protein wisdom fixtures / icons. First and foremost is my little libertine buddy on the half shell. After that, the cast of “red

A number of interesting questions arose overnight concerning intentionalism as it obtains in the realm of legal interpretation, a few of which I’ll try to address here. This post was originally written as a comment, so allow for some haste of thought. Still, as a way to spur discussion further, my responses my prove useful — particularly inasmuch as I’ve tried to circle back to the linguistic questions that provide