New York Times, on Sunday, November 8, had an article on sentences addressed by a Federal judge to three members of the antigovernment Montana Freemen for conspiracy and fraud; the article stirred my memory and concern about this paper, as well as brought into play many of the dilemmas d...

New York Times, on Sunday, November 8, had an article on sentences addressed by a Federal judge to three members of the antigovernment Montana Freemen for conspiracy and fraud; the article stirred my memory and concern about this paper, as well as brought into play many of the di...

A Deceptive Utopia "A 'utopia' is an imaginary perfect society." In Books II-V of Plato's The Republic, Socrates and his auditors create a society which they believe to be perfect, utopian. The fact is, however, that the society they constructed could be considered &...