There are questions of Natural Law and National Identity involved in this question. From William Paley’s “Statement of the Argument” from his Natural Theology (1809)(abridged version) In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a Stone, and…
Author: vassar
Shutting Off the Bratling Valve at the Tap/ Part I, Identifying the Types
I’ll let you give your own names to these various “types” of bratlings below. They have a rich and storied history in the United States, one which is a little different from their histories from the Old World, going…
“Woke” by any Other Name is Still 3000 Years Old, An Introduction
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”- Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, (by you know who). It’s a practice of generations, probably even of Natural Law, (I’ve just never delved into it that deeply since…



