What Popular Culture Gets Wrong about “El Chapo”
The Center - “Almost one hundred years after his death, Villa’s image enjoys the allure of a romantic Robin Hood in Latin American imagination.” 7/22/2019
The Center - “Almost one hundred years after his death, Villa’s image enjoys the allure of a romantic Robin Hood in Latin American imagination.” 7/22/2019
What Happens to Those Who Investigate Government Corruption
The Center - “I knew the consequences of looking into public corruption. You’re not going to make many friends, and you’re certainly going to make many enemies.” 7/21/2019
The Center - “I knew the consequences of looking into public corruption. You’re not going to make many friends, and you’re certainly going to make many enemies.” 7/21/2019On the Issues: Presidential Candidate Joe Sestak
The Left - “That’s where I think it’s a real difference, that you actually have somebody running that can actually win a Republican district nearly 2 to 1 without spending a dime on a campaign.” 7/20/2019
The Left - “That’s where I think it’s a real difference, that you actually have somebody running that can actually win a Republican district nearly 2 to 1 without spending a dime on a campaign.” 7/20/2019America Is Too Lenient on Gang Violence
The Right - “Much to my dismay, conservative media journalists have conflated political stances against illegal immigration with criminal gang activity.” 7/17/2019
The Right - “Much to my dismay, conservative media journalists have conflated political stances against illegal immigration with criminal gang activity.” 7/17/2019Sen. David Perdue: Making Washington More Results-Oriented
The Right - “We need to go back to what the Founding Fathers and Mothers had in mind: a citizen-legislator—somebody that comes here, tries to get results, and then goes home and lets the next person try.” 7/16/2019
The Right - “We need to go back to what the Founding Fathers and Mothers had in mind: a citizen-legislator—somebody that comes here, tries to get results, and then goes home and lets the next person try.” 7/16/2019The Downsides of Subsidizing Sports
The Center - “If history is any guide, subsidies (not just in sports, but in all spheres of economic life) do not usually work.” 7/15/2019
The Center - “If history is any guide, subsidies (not just in sports, but in all spheres of economic life) do not usually work.” 7/15/2019Dostoevsky’s Extremely Thoughtful Critique of the Left
The Left - “People do not truly want an end to suffering in all cases…They need challenges in order to feel the thrill of victory, guilt over their actions to have a chance at redemption, and the possibility of rejection and hatred to feel any deep form of love.” 7/15/2019
The Left - “People do not truly want an end to suffering in all cases…They need challenges in order to feel the thrill of victory, guilt over their actions to have a chance at redemption, and the possibility of rejection and hatred to feel any deep form of love.” 7/15/2019On Brexit: In Reply to Clive Pinder
The Left - “Given Pinder’s distaste for academia, I don’t imagine he would be fond of this kind of Platonic utopia.” 7/14/2019
The Left - “Given Pinder’s distaste for academia, I don’t imagine he would be fond of this kind of Platonic utopia.” 7/14/2019Letter: In Reply to McManus—Misunderstanding Brexit
The Right - “These are the facts and historical context that any fair-minded and rational critic should consider before lambasting the majority of Brits who chose to forgo membership in the European Union.” 7/14/2019
The Right - “These are the facts and historical context that any fair-minded and rational critic should consider before lambasting the majority of Brits who chose to forgo membership in the European Union.” 7/14/2019Jordan Peterson’s Thinkspot and Public Utilities
The Left - “Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media platforms are much more like churches or clubs than they are like a public plaza, regardless of their size.” 7/13/2019
The Left - “Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media platforms are much more like churches or clubs than they are like a public plaza, regardless of their size.” 7/13/2019I Love a Black Ariel, But I Hate Identity Politics
The Center - “So, all those people that tweet #notmyariel are probably arguing that if Black Panther necessarily has to be black, Ariel necessarily has to be white.” 7/12/2019
The Center - “So, all those people that tweet #notmyariel are probably arguing that if Black Panther necessarily has to be black, Ariel necessarily has to be white.” 7/12/2019