A political parable
Who is Responsible for This?
The Impeachment Fantasy
Let alone a second Trump term, people are not worried enough about whether the country can handle a second Trump campaign.
Should You Get Married?
Listen to the conversation!
Should You Be a Person of Principle?
An investigation of what it is to be a “person of principle,” including a critique of some recent episodes of Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast.
Are Wild Horses Sovereign?
The U.S. government is culling wild horses and burros in the American West. Do these beings have a right not to be systematically slaughtered by the state? Probably.
Remembering Bob: on caring and acceptance
Reflections on a father
Hannah Arendt on Evil
Does Arendt's concept of the banality of evil apply to American politics now? Listen to the conversation!
The Ideology of Political Pragmatism
How to navigate debates within the Democratic party, and the left more broadly.
Sadly, there can be no right to be heard
Non-interference from the government isn’t enough to guarantee free speech, but it’s still the best we can do.
Discipline and Educate
The problem with higher education is deeper than the withdrawal of support under
neoliberal regimes, it is the role education plays in maintaining the ideology of meritocracy.
