A COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER: JUST SOME READINGS I HAVE ENJOYED LATELY

First, this blog replaces my previous blog, thecosmoplitanlawyerblogspot.com . Second, unlike that earlier blog, the present one is primarily meant as a record of my readings. It is not meant to suggest that others will be or should be interested in what I read. And third, in a sense, it is a public diary of one who is an alien in his own American culture. A person who feels at home just about anywhere, except in his birthplace . . . America.

Friday, July 4, 2014

WHEN AMERICANS LOSE FAITH IN THE NATION'S EXCEPTIONALISM

Dave Eggers, Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever: A Novel (New York: Knopf; San Francisco: McSweeney Books, 2014) ("If you don't have something grand for men like us to be part of, we will take apart all the little things. Neighborhood by neighborhood. Building by building. Family by family. Don't you see that?" Id. at 211. "'---We're in here and we're safe.' '---Jesus Christ. That is the saddest thing I ever heard.'" Id. at 212. Without vision, the people die! Also, see Phil Klay, "Troubled Inquisitor," NYT Book Review, Sunday, 6/29/2014.).