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• The British Election Mess

  

  Time was, Britain ruled the world. Even in later times it “punched above its weight.” But no more. Chastened by perceived failures in Iraq and Afghanistan, the... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Poetry Performance, May 6, Caffe Lena

  

  My wife, Therese Broderick, and I will be the featured poets at Caffe Lena on Wednesday, May 6 — we’re pleased to appear on such a distinguished stage where... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Slavery and American Capitalism

  

  Recently I presented a book review talk at the Albany Public Library; the book was Edward Baptist’s The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Presidential Politics

  

  “Season 2″After two decades of Clinton wars, Bush wars, and Obama wars, will we really elect Hillary Clinton and extend this baneful syndrome of half the... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Don’t Believe Everything You Think

  

  Daniel Kahneman’s book, Thinking Fast and Slow says there are two distinct systems operating inside your skull. “System 1” gives quick, intuitive answers to... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Announcing My Candidacy For President

  

  I am announcing my candidacy for President of the United States.Leadership.Middle Class.Renewing America’s Promise.Jobs.Fairness.Common sense.Education.Did I... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Spiritual But Not Religious – Sam Harris’s “Waking Up”

  

  The phrase “spiritual but not religious” irks believers and atheists alike. Sam Harris’s latest book Waking Up is subtitled A Guide to Spirituality Without... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Indiana, Discrimination, and Progressive Intolerance

  

  Isabel Wilkerson’s book, The Warmth of Other Suns, about the migration of blacks from the Jim Crow South, tells of an Alabama doctor who relocated by car to... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• John Gray Versus Pinker on Violence: “The Sorcery of Numbers”

  

  Steven Pinker’s 2011 book, The Better Angels of Our Nature, argued that declines in all kinds of violence, including war, reflect moral progress. I reviewed it... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Inequality and Family Culture – A Disagreement With My Wife

  

  I recently left my wife a newspaper clipping, writing “Read” on it. She returned the favor by writing “Total Rubbish!” on it.It was a column by Ross Douthat (a... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dalai Lama Reincarnation: Who Gets to Decide?

  

  Tibet has had 14 Dalai Lamas. Heretofore, when one died, the leading lamas went out to find a small child who is deemed to be the reincarnated Dalai Lama. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Criminalization of American Business

  

  When the future Gibbon chronicles America’s decline and fall, the war on business will feature prominently.Some readers will gag. That’s precisely the problem. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• I Have a Dream: Israeli Election Speech

  

  My fellow Israelis – I’m seeking your votes in this week’s election, for a policy that both reflects our highest human values, and offers a sustainable path... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Embellishing Reality: Brian Williams, Bill O’Reilly, and Frank Robinson’s Moon...

  

  Recently news personalities Brian Williams and Bill O’Reilly, and VA Secretary McDonald, have been assailed for embellishing the truth about some war zone... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Edmund Pettus Bridge – 50 Years Later

  

  Edmund Pettus was a Confederate soldier, Klansman, and U.S. Senator. It’s an irony that the bridge named for him became a landmark for black rights. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Nemtsov Case: “Round Up The Usual Suspects”

  

  News flash — two suspects have been apprehended, guys from (surprise) the restive North Caucasus region (which includes Chechnya). Did the Russian authorities... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Boris Nemtsov: Yet Another Putin Murder

  

  NemtsovBoris Nemtsov is merely the latest (and biggest) name on a growing list. He was a leading pro-democracy Russian politician for two decades; an outspoken... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “Far From the Tree” – Parenting Non-normal Children

  

  Sometimes while reading I must stop, and shut my eyes, to absorb, process and recover from some shocker. This happened a lot with Andrew Solomon’s 2012 book, Fa... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Political Corruption: America Versus China

  

  The chief corruption in American politics is the need to raise large sums for campaigns, the money coming heavily from interests wanting something. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands

  

  The concept of happiness has eternally bedeviled thinkers. Nothing is more important, but defining and understanding it is a conundrum. Cass Sunstein reviewed... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY