Ideological capital shifting
Incidentally, can anyone think of examples where a nation has changed capitals for ideological reasons? Three come to mind immediately: Washington D.C., St. Petersburg, and Brasilia. I'm not sure I'd put Berlin to Bonn in this category, simply because Bonn was always second best, and I'm also not sure the theoretical shift of the Roman empire from Rome to Constantinople counts either (Lewis, what do you think?). I think there's a fascinating little essay in this. Oh, the list of things I'm planning to write. Ugh. # Posted by Waddling Thunder - Comments [4] No, definitely not me. One of the people in my seminar last semester has just accepted a Supreme Court clerkship. I haven't seen him yet to congratulate him, but it's great news, of course. I'm sure there are a good number more around the school somewhere. Let me be very clear about this, for all you pre-1Ls with visions of clerking for the big boys. It isn't going to happen. You don't have a shot. At all. Put it out of your mind. I know that's not entirely true. After all, there are Supreme Court clerks, and they were pre-1Ls at some point. But those people know they're gifted, and they're not going to be dissuaded by me. Working in close proximity to this guy for a semester, let me make it abundantly clear that he is something really special. Brilliant, monstrously hard working, crushingly incisive. I've really seen only a couple of people like this before, and each time I've just been struck by how utterly outclassed I am. For even someone of very great intelligence (and I know some of these too), competing with someone like our future clerk is like trying to staunch a beheading with a cotton swab. I can't emphasize this enough. For my previous posting on this topic, see my post on genius, and Greg Goelzhauser's thoughful response. #Posted by Waddling Thunder - Comments [5]
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