tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453345467999579885.post7503067046235201854..comments2023-12-18T07:25:38.583-05:00Comments on Burning My Study: a quick postBeatricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09532912919556200160noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453345467999579885.post-730530410275491072013-06-05T07:48:01.498-04:002013-06-05T07:48:01.498-04:00Oh, yeah, you gotta have the vests! Oh, yeah, you gotta have the vests! Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09532912919556200160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453345467999579885.post-44661253414455059422013-06-05T07:46:23.990-04:002013-06-05T07:46:23.990-04:00It's a series of essays on the widely-perceive...It's a series of essays on the widely-perceived opposition between public interest and private interest in America (Professor Meiklejohn didn't believe that this opposition need exist, but acknowledges that many Americans think the two concepts are forever enemies). He talks about many Supreme Court decisions around privacy and a citizen's right to free speech / religion / political affiliation, etc. As it was written in 1965, there's a lot about Communism and nothing about women or gays, but it still is pretty applicable when it comes to the idea of the "public good" and how eradicating government is not the solution. <br /><br />If it sounds familiar to you, it's more likely that you've read something by or about my great-grandfather, Alexander Meiklejohn. He was a First Amendment scholar and his books, unlike Freedom and the Public, are still in print. Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09532912919556200160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453345467999579885.post-19476992253643995542013-06-04T21:43:36.248-04:002013-06-04T21:43:36.248-04:00Can you describe Freedom and the Public, please? T...Can you describe Freedom and the Public, please? Thx. <br /><br />Also, thanks for the all-too-specific jeans memories I'm now struggling to repress. And the vests I wore with them.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574761927491789723noreply@blogger.com