The More Things Change…

 I read this and realized I could write this article about literary analysis, or even contemporary theology. But first, the context:

Here's a law professor lamenting the fads in legal theory popular among law professors that become popular for a decade or two and then fade away— written in 1950. Specifically, it's Roscoe Pound, reflecting on trends since he became a lawyer in 1890. https://jle.aals.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1874&context=home

"Originalism” is a curious mashup of “historical jurisprudence” and natural law (especially for Scalia and Coney Barrett) with “a trek back to Thomas Aquinas and Aristotle.” Quelle surprise.

The firm ground we insist we are standing on is always shifting sand. Because, despite what Mr. Pound said:

One of the few positive aspects of this era in American history is that it's super-easy to identify the villains.

It always is; and it’s never us. Case in point: George Conway reposted both of those.

Walt Kelly got it right, in another time when the villains were super-easy to identify: “We have met the enemy, and he is us!” Speaking of theology, there’s a couple thousand years of Christian doctrine behind that.