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Black Lives Matter, Donald Trump, and the Perils of Unexamined Political Rage
Rage – Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaens countless losses, hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls, great fighters’ souls, but ...
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The 2014 Midterms and the Next Phase of Mr. Magoo’s Wild Ride
Here is a list of political riddles for us as we contemplate the meaning of the 2014 Midterms:
How do you create the business friendly conditions that promote economic prosperity without compromising the economic security of low-skilled and entry level workers?
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Politics in the Age of Soma: How We Became the United States of Aldous Huxley
The decline of a print-based epistemology and the accompanying rise of a television-based epistemology has had grave consequences for public life, that we are getting sillier by the minute.
— Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
Three fourths into Mark Leibovich’...
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The Politicized Soul and the Death Wish at the Heart of Liberal Disorder
When the seduction was complete the seducer did not find happiness but descended into despair. Whereas once he was consumed by the thrill of the hunt, the moment he acquired his object’s affections was the moment that revealed his ...