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...complete with a high-minded quotation from Thomas Jefferson, reads as a glowing testament to the power of the jury. It is the “ultimate check,” a protector of “liberty,” a “bulwark” against slavish adherence to the letter of the law. It is, in short, precisely what is needed for the success of someone like Nesson, a man who advocates for causes that hinge on breaking the laws as they currently stand. A belief in the power of the jury is what makes...
...soul—may have had greater priority in previous societies. Yet the innovation of our age has been to discredit such matters as necessarily spurious and speculative and thus not the subject of real intellectual activity. What matters to moderns is the data—and in its slavish devotion to the data, science gained its intellectual pre-eminence...
...books” of literature and philosophy, once occupied much of the intellectual experiences of Harvard students—presumably because the study of such works imparted knowledge of the virtues, and made men’s minds “liberal” in the original sense, not slavish...
...over the precipice of the adventurous and into the realm of the dubious and downright ridiculous. For most viewers, this particular moment is one too many. As a screenwriter, Gregg doesn’t seem to have any thematic aspirations, except for what appears to be a slavish devotion to Palahniuk’s zero-sum social nihilism and the narcissistic sexual gluttony that hastens in its wake. Whether it’s Gregg’s unsuccessful adaptation of the novel or the book’s basic incompatibility with the screen, many bits of dialogue seem more unimportant...
...eleven-and-a-half years in power - seized the chance to overhaul Australia's gun laws, trampling all opposition to make them among the strictest in the developed world. "I hate guns," he said at the time. "One of the things I don't admire about America is their slavish love of guns ... We do not want the American disease imported into Australia." Howard argued the tougher laws would make Australia safer. But 12 years on, new research suggests the government response to Port Arthur was a waste of public money and has made no difference to the country...