A lovely walk to dinner

San Servolo, Venice: Perfect for monks, the insane, and scholars of civic republicanism

Finally in the same place as the talented Camila Vergara! Venice International University

First day of the Venice Multidisciplinary conference on Republicanism and War.

Venice I presume?

Absolutely thrilled to be in Venice to speak about the internationalist vision of Antônio Pedro de Figueiredo (1814-1859), a socialist republican writer from Recife, critic of Brazil's slave-owning oligarchs, and theorist of global institutions for an 'organized humanity'.

Here's Justice Kagan again, slamming the conservative supermajority for effectively greenlighting racial gerrymandering.

'So this 'odious' practice of sorting citizens, built on racial generalizations and exploiting racial divisions, will continue.' supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…

On brand

Listen to the subject of Demand The Impossible speak about the problematic role wealth plays in matters of justice. W. W. Norton & Company WME Books Boston University School of Law

Empirically dubious

“These stories are killer” Murder by the Book murderbooks.com/book/978039386…