Archive for December, 2009

Posted on December 8, 2009 - by Aaron Ross Powell

A Marble Temple Shining on a Hill: Reality and Michael Walzer

While rereading Michael Walzer’s Spheres of Justice as part of my ongoing project to study the various serious, anti-libertarian arguments, I was reminded of the following essay I wrote years ago. Long gone from the Internet, I though it would be fun for it to return. It’s not perfect, and could be made stronger with [...]

Posted on December 1, 2009 - by Aaron Ross Powell

Free Short Story: “Let Sleeping Gods”

Because I’m curious about Smashwords as a publishing platform and am particularly intreguied by its automatic ditribution to the major ebook outlets, I’m testing the service by way of using it. A detective races to prevent catastrophe in this free short story. Part horror, part science fiction, “Let Sleeping Gods” is powerful and tough fiction [...]