The recent announcement that the Department of War will condition its support for Scouting America on the rollback of certain diversity initiatives has been framed as another chapter in the culture wars. Perhaps it is. But as I have watched the debate unfold, I have found myself less interested in the political skirmish and more … Continue reading Boundaries, Belonging, and the Meaning of Citizenship
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When Xenos Becomes Polemios
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all1. This essay began, as many reflections do, not with an argument but with a voice. While listening to the audiobook of Heroes, narrated by Sir Stephen Fry himself, I was struck by how insistently Greek myth returns to the theme of hospitality—its obligations, its violations, … Continue reading When Xenos Becomes Polemios
