Ciceronianus; causidicus

A CICERONIAN LAWYER'S (RETIRED) MUSINGS ON LAW, PHILOSOPHY, CURRENT AFFAIRS, LITERATURE, HISTORY AND LIVING LIFE SECUNDUM NATURAM

Thursday, October 26, 2023

From Their Cold, Dead Hands

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I have a fondness for Charlton Heston, the actor.  Not because of the parts he played in epic, blockbuster films like Ben Hur and The Great...
Friday, October 20, 2023

Caveat Scriptor: The Harvard Student Statement and the Backlash

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 "Let the writer beware."  That, I think and hope, is the English translation of Caveat Scriptor.  I have a disturbing feeling tha...
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

The Never-Ending (Horror) Story

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I've noted previously in this blog that I don't think Israel has a religious or historical "right" to the territory it gov...
Monday, October 2, 2023

Social Media and the Roman Empire

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  It seems there is a trend, fostered for God knows what reasons by Social Media such as TikTok, by which women ask men how often they think...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Philosophy as Affectation

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Gertrude Stein made the remark shown at the head of this post in connection with the death of the dancer/choreographer Isadora Duncan.  Dunc...
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