That is the dissonance in Scanlon's redemptive approach: the colorless prose that keeps its ankles decorously crossed on the dais; the savant discussions of second-wave and third-wave and "lipstick" feminism; and the vision of Brown as a transitional species of New Woman.
What was striking about the discussions of First Look's formation was the depth of thought going into what, at core, a news organisation could be.
He railed against discussions of "first- versus second-strike capabilities" that "suit the military-industrial interests" with their "billion-dollar erector sets," and agitated for the elimination of global arsenals holding tens of thousands of deadly warheads.
The owner's intention is not, of course, necessary for this to be a case of corruption; see the discussions of the first, third and fourth hypotheses.
3.02pm: Sunder Katwala of the Fabian Society has emailed in to end any discussion of second-place finishes before it begins.
As he rightly observed: The theology of Christian ministry is an area in which we are too readily tempted to avoid discussion of first principles.
We ended last time with a discussion of Fourth Style Roman wall painting, and I want to show you again what I consider the quintessential Fourth Style wall.
A "provocative discussion of third way thinking", it's not a light read - but with a new Guardian and a new conference season to think of, it's time to knuckle down to some intellectual stimulation.
In the midst of all the tricks and patter, here's the place to find a discussion of First Amendment issues like flag burning or shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
Bradley's most ambitious work, Appearance and Reality: A Metaphysical Essay (1893), was, in his own words, a "critical discussion of first principles," meant "to stimulate inquiry and doubt".
Cass Sunstein argues that judicial and academic debate about statutory formalism (and its operational arm, textualism) should shift from discussion of first principles to an investigation of the way formalism and antiformalism work in practice.
