28 books
—
10 voters
Keith
https://www.goodreads.com/kgf0
to-read
(1013)
currently-reading (60)
read (1142)
did-not-finish (37)
abandoned (133)
pending (26)
on-deck (5)
spirituality (903)
_on-hand (821)
z-library (451)
z-storage (422)
thelema (322)
currently-reading (60)
read (1142)
did-not-finish (37)
abandoned (133)
pending (26)
on-deck (5)
spirituality (903)
_on-hand (821)
z-library (451)
z-storage (422)
thelema (322)
z-ebook
(321)
x-gift (319)
buddhism (313)
_gone (272)
fantasy (272)
tibet (241)
zl-sf-main (233)
modern-literature (228)
philosophy (222)
_wanted (203)
america (199)
biography (185)
x-gift (319)
buddhism (313)
_gone (272)
fantasy (272)
tibet (241)
zl-sf-main (233)
modern-literature (228)
philosophy (222)
_wanted (203)
america (199)
biography (185)
Keith
is currently reading
by Rich Handley
bookshelves:
graphic,
pop-culture,
supernatural,
z-library,
z_dc,
zl-sf-main,
_on-hand,
currently-reading
progress:
(page 6 of 272)
"Born on the Bayou, Bound for the Abyss {Rich Handley}" — 23 hours, 24 min ago
"Born on the Bayou, Bound for the Abyss {Rich Handley}" — 23 hours, 24 min ago
Keith
is currently reading
progress:
(page 22 of 63)
"Ticketing Practices, Prices, Fees, and Resale Vary by Industry and Event" — Jun 13, 2026 12:07AM
"Ticketing Practices, Prices, Fees, and Resale Vary by Industry and Event" — Jun 13, 2026 12:07AM
“If heaven ever accepts a prayer, it will hide this behind a sequence of natural facts.”
― The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy
― The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy
“So the recognition of the obvious fact that many of the Rites and Symbols of Masonry were devised from the standpoint of a believer in Rebirth or the evolution of the soul, does not involve any necessity on the part of the Masonic student to believe the same or to make it a part of his religious dogma any more than the Egyptologist, when he deciphers a prayer to Ra, the Sun god, carved upon some Egyptian tomb thousands of years before the time of Christ, is thereby compelled to believe in the existence and power of Ra and begin to worship him with the same prayer.”
― The Lost Key: An Explanation and Application of the Masonic Symbols
― The Lost Key: An Explanation and Application of the Masonic Symbols
“The sovereignty of "We the People of the United States" is admittedly an abstraction—an idea. But abstractions often have legal consequences. And the single idea of popular sovereignty generates a powerful set of legal implications covering a vast range of constitutional issues from limited government and judicial review to federalism and separation of powers to nullification and constitutional amendment. In one vital area of contemporary jurisprudence, however, the Supreme Court has fashioned doctrine wholly antithetical to the Constitution's organizing principle of popular sovereignty. By allowing both federal and state governments to invoke "sovereign immunity" from liability for constitutional violations, the Court has misinterpreted the Federalist Constitution's text, warped its unifying structure, and betrayed the intellectual history of the American Revolution that gave it birth. In effect, the Court has transformed "sovereignty" into the very tool of government supremacy that our Revolutionary forebears wielded pen and sword to destroy.”
― Of Sovereignty and Federalism
― Of Sovereignty and Federalism
“I think that what we mean in practice by reason can be defined by three characteristics. In the first place, it relies upon persuasion rather than force; in the second place, it seeks to persuade by means of arguments which the man who uses them believes to be completely valid; and in the third place, in forming opinions, it uses observation and induction as much as possible and intuition as little as possible. The first of these rules out the Inquisition; the second rules out such methods as those of British war propaganda, which Hitler praises on the ground that propaganda “must sink its mental elevation deeper in proportion to the numbers of the mass whom it has to grip”; the third forbids the use of such a major premise as that of President Andrew Jackson a propos of the Mississippi, “the God of the Universe intended this great valley to belong to one nation,” which was self-evident to him and his hearers, but not easily demonstrated to one who questioned it.”
― The Will to Doubt
― The Will to Doubt
“Why was it sensible for Americans to transubstantiate a convention into the virtual embodiment of the People? After all, as with an ordinary legislative assembly, a convention assembly may improve the ultimate quality of public deliberation, see, e.g., THE FEDERALIST No. 55, at 342 (J. Madison), but only by excluding most citizens, thereby raising fiduciary/agency problems. An answer based on organization theory/incentive analysis might focus on how a ratification convention is structured differently from an ordinary legislature in ways that enhance monitoring and improve public accountability. First, the People select convention delegates in a special election. Second, delegates are generally convened to consider a single issue (ratification). Third and related, the basic choice set is binary (yes-no), reducing agenda manipulation problems and decreasing the monitoring problems that exist in an ordinary legislature with virtually infinite possibilities of side deals and vote trading. Fourth, conventions immediately disband and disperse among the People, reducing the problem of legislators entrenching themselves and developing their own institutional perspectives. Finally, a convention enhances a sense of public-spiritedness and individual moral responsibility among both voters and delegates. Calling a "convention" signals to all concerned that the polity is entering a high-stakes moment when basic ground rules will be hammered out. Interestingly, criminal juries (deciding the single issue of individual guilt or innocence) possess many more convention attributes than do ordinary legislatures.”
― Of Sovereignty and Federalism
― Of Sovereignty and Federalism
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 327642 members
— last activity 1 minute ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
FG Preservation Society
— 89 members
— last activity 1 hour, 35 min ago
Private Group. An (unofficial) group for those of us who remember and mourn the loss of the Feedback Group.
Polls R Us
— 9 members
— last activity Jul 16, 2014 10:53AM
Open group in which Polls can be created
Keith’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Keith’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Keith
Lists liked by Keith

















































