Sublime

If the Court were faithful to the Constitution, we would not have massive pretrial detention on the basis of predictions of dangerousness. We would not have coercive plea bargains, which would dramatically lower the number of convictions and require prosecutors to focus on the most serious crimes worthy of the time for a trial instead of mass

doggedness

was it right in the first place to reject Aristotle? For if Aristotle’s position in ethics and politics—or something very like it—could be sustained, the whole Nietzschean enterprise would be pointless. This is because the power of Nietzsche’s position depends upon the truth of one central thesis: that all rational vindications of morality

Securities analysts always find reasons to be bullish. Traditionally, ten stocks were rated “buys” for each one rated “sell.” But during the bubble, the ratio was almost a hundred to one. When the bubble burst, the celebrity analysts faced death threats and lawsuits; and their firms faced investigations and fines by the SEC. Blodgett was renamed

op-ed

atavistic

strident: