Thank you for this. Mostly, I eschew podcasts; thinking, I'd rather read this material, and faster. But this was more fun than reading.
I've been thinking about a Times opinion piece by Michele Goodwin, a law prof from UCI. Goodwin posits that part of the intent of the 14th A. is the granting of reproductive rights as a remedy to the forced pregnancies common during slavery. How this relates to textualism is interesting. What if mentioning these rights was taboo? How does a textualist deal with innuendo?
i'll probably write too much here, but i have to commend you on this exemplary piece of literature. i'll disclose that i just happen to agree with all but one or two of your observations. your method, however, is strict thinking, rendering your conclusions highly probable. even with the sprinkle of enthusiasm at the end, you seem clear-eyed. but what made it most enjoyable is your effective use of literary ornaments and devices. in that piece, you were a gentle touch more Errol Garner than Thelonious Monk. i'm grinning because i can hear your literary voice, quipping politely at times like Abdiel, slipping into Latin or other odd sources to pull out real words that ring in the ears of book lovers. even twitter picked up your reference to drill rapper "Lil Dictulum." i also thought it was endearing how you touched Nino with the kiddy gloves, making one observation that summed up an awful lot of critique about the court's most preeminent polemicist. and it was excellent that you read the piece out loud. It "hit different" as the kids say. i hope you do more of these dialectics. you are, by elegant prose, provoking some much needed thought about important issues: "Such honour was done in those dayes to men who profest the study of wisdome and eloquence, not only in their own Country, but in other Lands, that Cities and Siniories heard them gladly, and with great respect, if they had aught in publick to admonish the State." Come at me, bro! LOL!
Thank you for this. Mostly, I eschew podcasts; thinking, I'd rather read this material, and faster. But this was more fun than reading.
I've been thinking about a Times opinion piece by Michele Goodwin, a law prof from UCI. Goodwin posits that part of the intent of the 14th A. is the granting of reproductive rights as a remedy to the forced pregnancies common during slavery. How this relates to textualism is interesting. What if mentioning these rights was taboo? How does a textualist deal with innuendo?
i'll probably write too much here, but i have to commend you on this exemplary piece of literature. i'll disclose that i just happen to agree with all but one or two of your observations. your method, however, is strict thinking, rendering your conclusions highly probable. even with the sprinkle of enthusiasm at the end, you seem clear-eyed. but what made it most enjoyable is your effective use of literary ornaments and devices. in that piece, you were a gentle touch more Errol Garner than Thelonious Monk. i'm grinning because i can hear your literary voice, quipping politely at times like Abdiel, slipping into Latin or other odd sources to pull out real words that ring in the ears of book lovers. even twitter picked up your reference to drill rapper "Lil Dictulum." i also thought it was endearing how you touched Nino with the kiddy gloves, making one observation that summed up an awful lot of critique about the court's most preeminent polemicist. and it was excellent that you read the piece out loud. It "hit different" as the kids say. i hope you do more of these dialectics. you are, by elegant prose, provoking some much needed thought about important issues: "Such honour was done in those dayes to men who profest the study of wisdome and eloquence, not only in their own Country, but in other Lands, that Cities and Siniories heard them gladly, and with great respect, if they had aught in publick to admonish the State." Come at me, bro! LOL!
Love this, King. Thank you for all of it. I appreciate how well you read and listened. And you bring the Areopagitica! Top Man.