Ideology of Power

For the past few days, the name - and face of - 'Ilhan Omar' has been plastered all over the news. Apparently she has unequivocally apologised - for invoking anti-semitic tropes in controversial tweets. It is interesting to note here that much of the pressure for her to apologise came not from the Right, but from US House Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi . It seems that Speaker Pelosi is having a difficult time reining in these newer additions to House Democrats, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib (most famous for characterising Trump as a 'Motherfucker') and Ilhan Omar herself.

For some time I have been interested in the way Singaporean courts construe of the role of judges. Singapore is a common law country, that is, a country which, inter alia , applies the doctrine of binding precedent (in Latin, the doctrine of s tare decisis ), as opposed to civil law countries (say, of the Franco-German variety) which do not follow the same doctrine. Of course, it is another argument altogether as to whether precedent in civil law countries are in fact accorded de facto authority.

The American moralist may know Emer Vattel as the source of that storied line in the United States Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness .” Vattel's influence came primarily from his magnum opus , The Law of Nations . Who was he, and what was it about his ideas that inspired a global philosophical crusade which took as its object the search for the meaning of life ? What does  Vattelian happiness , and what about that conception is applicable in the modern world?

We've all heard of the blockchain technology allegedly 'disrupting' all kinds of industries.  Blockchain had promised to introduce a key 'digital' element in disparate fields, from finance to tech, and even to that conservative beast called 'the Law' - but so far such promises have not borne fruit. The question is, what is blockchain? Essentially, it can be considered as a form of Distributed Ledger Technology ("DLT").

Steps: 1. Setup CNAME www to provided DNS target by hosting org (for example, google. Check with the hosting org what to include in the 'points to' section). 2. ping www.[yourdomain].com and copy the IP. (Check this article to find out how to do this) 3. Add A record with @ point to IP copied from step 2.

Pinging is a useful tool to find out the IP address of targeted websites. Do note, however, that website IP addresses may be hidden in a variety of ways.

William I, William the Conqueror, William the Bastard, first Norman King of England, lived from AD 1028 to 1087. He reigned as King from 1066 until his death, and brought the Common Law to what is now Britain. Here was the illegitimate son of Robert I, Duke of Normandy. Here was a man who ascended to the height of power by a combination of charisma, intrigue and strategy. For he who was stricken by the uncertainty of illegitimacy, his greatness was vindicated by his crowning as King at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066. Here is what we can learn from him.