THE ‘S’ WORD

In a really important essay, Carlin Romano
reviews a concept described this way: “It is worshiped like a god, and as little understood.
It is the cause of untold strife and bloodshed. Genocide is perpetrated in its sacred name. It is at
once a source of power and of power’s abuse, of order and of anarchy. It can be noble and it can
be shameful. It is sovereignty.” The description comes from “The Sovereignty Revolution,” by Alan Cranston, the former U.S.
Senator from California who died in 2000. Thanks to Arts & Letters
Daily for the tip.

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