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I’m shocked and deeply saddened. We had emailed just a few days ago. David was a great scholar, a vibrant…
Kenny and I worked together when he was Chair of the Wittgenstein Trustees/Board of Editors and I was Secretary. The…
Jon Crowe’s Cambridge Elements volume _Contempoary Natural Law Jurisprudence_ is available for free download until Aug. 21 (so, a bit…
I recommend, to those who have not read it, Kenny’s spiritual autobiography ‘A Path From Rome’. Sadly it seems to…
Many respectful and affectionate remembrances appear on the Balliol College website. https://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/news/2026/august/sir-anthony-kenny-1931-2026
In 196I I entered graduate school at the University of Chicago, in Political Science of all places. After two weeks…
He is obviously smart and articulate, and it serves him well given the “shit” being thrown at him. And here’s a good ad that’s running:
I’m worried, to be sure, how anti-Muslim and anti-Arab prejudice will affect the vote, but he seems like a skillful politician, so let’s hope he can pull it off.
I am shocked and so deeply sorry to hear about this. My thoughts are with Zafra and his family. I…