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• We Have Met the Enemy and It’s Us

  

  Recently I got one of those virally forwarded e-mail blasts, flaying Washington politicians and demanding an array of draconian punishments for them, stopping... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2013 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Guns ‘n’ Schools

  

  The National Rifle Association’s Wayne LaPierre has blamed the Newtown shootings on just about everything and everybody except guns and the gun-fetishizing... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Dust Bowl

  

  We’ve watched Ken Burns’s film, The Dust Bowl. It was a compelling story – with great modern resonance. Here was a huge environmental disaster, indisputably... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Underground Railroad – Lessons for Today

  

  I recently attended a presentation by Paul and Mary Liz Stewart about their Underground Railroad History Project. The “railroad” was a network helping escaped... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How the Mind Works (Or Can It?)

  

  You’re parachuted onto an alien planet. Of course, the language is unlike any you’ve ever heard. In fact, imagine further you don’t know any language – or even... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• In Pursuit of the Great White Whale

  

  As explained in my recent post, the best way to raise tax revenues, mainly from the rich, is to cap deductions, avoiding the politically charged issue of raisin... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Syria

  

  Aleppo Let’s not forget how this started. The opposition was scrupulously nonviolent until the regime responded with extreme violence. That (to borrow a... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Fiscal Cliff Notes

  Here’s the deal: Tax revenues rise. Not rates – revenues. Raising rates is bad because it disincentivizes work, enterprise, and investment, and encourages tax... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is There a Moral Duty to Relieve Suffering?

  I recently read Christopher Wraight’s book, The Ethics of Trade and Aid: Development, Charity or Waste?* Wraight teaches philosophy, and examines the moral issu... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Denialism

  Michael Specter’s book Denialism spotlights a bizarre perversity: just when science and technology have vastly improved the quality of our lives, too many peopl... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Electoral College Reform

  I’ve been thinking about this issue since the ‘60s, when I wrote my first (unpublished) novel, about the mess of an inconclusive electoral vote when a... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Republican Party’s Future

  Columnist George Will has said that, given the economy, if Republicans can’t beat this president, they should look for another line of business. (One might... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• XXXXX (Censored by Liberals)

  “Censorship” is one of the dirtiest words in the liberal lexicon; one of the worst crimes. Liberals hate it so, they often scream “Censorship!” when it isn’t... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Freedom and Free Will

  I recently had an article in The Humanist magazine, entitled “Is Freedom a Mistaken Idea?” Click here to read the whole thing; below is a condensed version... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Inequality, and a True Progressivism

  I have discussed inequality before, but apparently haven’t succeeded in ending debate. The Economist (10/13) has published an analysis by its economics editor,... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY