The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Transcript of Scalia's recent lecture: READ THIS
ThreeBadFingers has posted the entire transcript of the brilliant lecture by Justice Antonin Scalia lecture the other day. I had begun to take the time to pull out particularly riveting points from this masterpiece of logic, but then I finally realized that I was selecting virtually every paragraph. What an brilliant mind and what an unassailable argument this is. It's long, but it may be the most important thing you read this week, if not this year. Especially with some very important judicial confirmation votes coming up in the next few weeks in the Senate...
There is a reason why we are the most powerful, most prosperous, most individualistic and free nation on Planet Earth. Much of that "reason" was written by some of the smartest people ever to breathe, back in 1789. And that "reason" (if not reason itself...) is under assault from all sides. Thank goodness there are still a few men with this level of understanding... and who are brilliant enough to communicate it to the rest of us still around. We need more men on the court just like Scalia. Before it is too late...
UPDATE: Pondering this lecture reminded me of another excellent essay I read a while back--something a patriot named Bill Whittle wrote almost two years ago. Worthy of a second look, if you've not yet seen it (or even if you have...).
There is a reason why we are the most powerful, most prosperous, most individualistic and free nation on Planet Earth. Much of that "reason" was written by some of the smartest people ever to breathe, back in 1789. And that "reason" (if not reason itself...) is under assault from all sides. Thank goodness there are still a few men with this level of understanding... and who are brilliant enough to communicate it to the rest of us still around. We need more men on the court just like Scalia. Before it is too late...
UPDATE: Pondering this lecture reminded me of another excellent essay I read a while back--something a patriot named Bill Whittle wrote almost two years ago. Worthy of a second look, if you've not yet seen it (or even if you have...).
