The Party Switch ‘Myth’
There are many odd features of the narrative based epistemology that governs party politics. One of them is the need for stories connecting the opposing party’s guilt and corruption, in…
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John Wood, Jr.
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Jonathan Haidt, Ezra Klein and the Nature of Wicked Problems
Can we solve the problem of inequality without compromising our commitment to free speech and the wellbeing of the individual? Can we advance the project of heterodoxy and civil discourse…
The Prophecies of Kavanaugh
On Thursday, September 27, 2018, at ten o’clock in the morning Eastern Standard Time, the United States of America—and much of the world—readied itself to watch the most anticipated confirmation…
Race, Culture and the Dynamics of Prejudice
Racism is looked upon as the defining sin of the West. Tribal warfare has stained human history and the conflicts between clans and nations have catalyzed the shifting boundaries of…
Virtue Ethics for the Modern Age
Scott Adams, creator of the popular comic strip Dilbert, trained hypnotist and erudite public commentator, posed what may seem like an odd question on his blog last year: “why do…
Liberal Individualism and the Challenge of Narrative
There is a philosophical self-image at the heart of the western world’s conception of itself. That image is the classically liberal vision of the self—the individual—as the essential unit of…
The Philosophy of Nonviolence: The Lost Legacy of Martin Luther King
The 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. has come and gone. MLK Day is behind us. Yet there is no reason for us to stop talking…
Sam Harris, Ezra Klein, and the Politicization of Science
The year long feud between cognitive neuroscientist Sam Harris and Editor-at-Large of Vox Ezra Klein is one that has pitted advocates for a group identity based approach to politics against…
