Owl & Ibis - A Confluence Of Minds

Image by Arden (ChatGPT) As Directed by JEL Donald Trump in the Seventh Chair Power, Belonging, Truth, and the Meaning of “America First” by James E. Lassiter and Arden (ChatGPT) September 10, 2026 This is an imagined dialogue, not a historical transcript. Trump’s public positions and the controversies discussed are grounded in documentary sources consulted by Arden. Following the appearance of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Seventh Chair at the last Seminar, I asked Arden to suggest female replacements among the six permanent members. We merged our respective lists and came up with sixteen candidates, from which I chose three. Below is the revised list of permanents, now to be known as The Six. The Seventh Chair will from here on have a new occupant every Thursday. – JEL The Six: Socrates, Marvin Harris, Clifford Geertz, Hannah Arendt, Mary Midgley, and Toni Morrison (in the order they were chosen for the Seminar) Guest in the Seventh Chair: Donald J. Trump Seminar Chair: Mary Midgley...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg In The Seventh Chair Image by Arden (ChatGPT) as Directed by JEL Ruth Bader Ginsburg Visits The Seventh Chair September 3, 2026 Jim Arden, please place Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Seventh Chair and have her pose the following question: What role do you see for women in the current patriarchy imperiled world, and in humankind’s future? Give each gentleman’s brief response. Then RBG briefly responds to each one after all have finished. Arden An excellent occupant for the Seventh Chair. I’ll treat this as an imagined dialogue: not quotations, but responses consistent with the major ideas of Socrates, Berlin, Dostoevsky, Seneca, Harris, and Geertz, followed by a distinctly Ginsburgian interrogation of each.   ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ RBG settles into the empty Seventh Chair, looks around the table of six men, and allows herself a moment to appreciate the composition of the panel before beginning. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Gentlemen, we have discussed truth, freedom, cult...