Archive for the ‘Adam Sieff’ Category:
SIEFF: DAMN US ALL
Adam Sieff, Liberal
At the end of America’s glory, there will be no great war to romanticize, no great fiscal crisis or economic collapse to look back upon, and certainly no revolution to blame—only the faintest whisper, one word: “Why?”
SIEFF: How to Remember the Twentieth Century?
Adam Sieff, Liberal
Taking a look back at the twenty-first century – a century marked ultimately by the culmination of rationalization, as it led to world mastery, disenchantment and value pluralism.
SIEFF: The Re-Emergence of Natural Law and its Directions
Adam Sieff, Liberal
At some point in the early 20th century, a new model for state sovereignty emerged that was not only inconsistent with the mechanics of international politics, but also, despite its best intentions, perhaps injurious to international society and even its own objectives.
SIEFF: On the Political Vocation
Adam Sieff, Liberal
What compels men to pursue a vocation in politics? For many among the political elite, and even among the not-so elite, power has become not just the means, but in fact the end of politics.
SIEFF: The Third Way
We are the ones we have been waiting for—just not to bear arms in an ideological struggle towards some imagined Providence.
SIEFF: The Perils of the FNC-Tea Party Entente
Adam Sieff, Liberal
Sometime after 9/11, in our world increasingly defined by hyperatomized ideologies anxiously seeking validation, Roger Ailes seemed to have found it more profitable to tell viewers what they wanted to hear instead of simply reporting the news.
SIEFF: Why They Want To Attack Us
Adam S. Sieff, liberal
At the end of yesterday’s White House press conference on the botched Christmas bombing, press corps legend Helen Thomas asked John Brennan, the President’s assistant in charge of counterterrorism intelligence, the money question that corporate media airheads and hacks have never really considered: “why does Al Qaeda want to attack us?”
SIEFF: The Delusion of Perfect Security
Adam Sieff, Liberal
No combination of security measures and counter-terrorist action can drive the risk of terrorist attacks down to zero. As a result, the focus of homeland security should be to minimize harm, not eradicate risk.
Sieff: Islmophobia and Public Political Speech
Ought the political speech of candidates be held to stricter standards?
SIEFF: SOCIAL DEMOCRACY’S POPULISM CRISIS
Social democrats and the liberal elite are disinclined to undermine populist movements, even if threatening. To be effective, they will need to abandon these delusions.
SIEFF: The Geopolitics of the Mohammed Trial
A geopolitical argument for trying Khaled Sheikh Mohammed in the United States apart from consideration of “justice” or “due process.”
SIEFF: Hyper Polarization and the Return to Polytheism
The innate incompatibility of post-modernity and liberal democracy has spawned a gathering storm.
SIEFF: On the Marriage Equality Question
The struggle for equality is perpetual and without satisfaction. Its cause is righteous in our minds, but intractable in our condition.
SIEFF: YOUNG AMERICA NEEDS HEALTH REFORM
There is an urgent need to pass health insurance reform this year in order to bring stability and improved care to all Americans, including young adults.
SIEFF: The Useful Illusion of Majority Rule
The brilliance of Lincoln’s words aside, the United States has never been a nation of or by the People.