Author: Levi
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Reparations: don’t make the best the enemy of the good
In King Lear, Albany tells his wife: Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well She is right to demand excellence, he says, but this must not come at the detriment of a positive outcome.In other words, we must not make the best the enemy of the good.Opponents of reparations could think of Albany before… Read more
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Kategate: the personal tone of her apology shows a Royal Family in crisis
Kategate: the silence, the picture, the apology. It hasn’t just strengthened calls for a republic, it’s evidence of a transition already in motion. There has been much scrutiny over the supposedly personal tone of the statement credited to Kate. But regardless of if she wrote it, or if it was brainstormed by a war room… Read more