The Pernicious Influence of Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s Sophistry
The Center - “In one of the great exercises of academic sophistry in our times, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva wants to persuade us that color-blindness is racism, and color-consciousness is anti-racism.” 7/9/2020
The Center - “In one of the great exercises of academic sophistry in our times, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva wants to persuade us that color-blindness is racism, and color-consciousness is anti-racism.” 7/9/2020
The Authentic Conservative vs. the Reactionary Conservative
The Left - “The reactionary outlook is, consequently, hostile to the commitment to moral equality that authentic conservatives, liberals, and progressives share.” 7/8/2020
The Left - “The reactionary outlook is, consequently, hostile to the commitment to moral equality that authentic conservatives, liberals, and progressives share.” 7/8/2020Nathan J. Robinson’s Curious Critique
The Left - “If people’s convictions about those particular issues are weak enough that they could be changed by watching Rising, they surely could be changed in many other ways…” 7/7/2020
The Left - “If people’s convictions about those particular issues are weak enough that they could be changed by watching Rising, they surely could be changed in many other ways…” 7/7/2020Review: “Welcome to the Rebellion: A New Hope in Radical Politics” by Michael Harris
The Left - “Although set ‘A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….,’ the Star Wars narrative feels increasingly relevant with a very real empire, one of corporate domination, at large on earth today.” 7/7/2020
The Left - “Although set ‘A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….,’ the Star Wars narrative feels increasingly relevant with a very real empire, one of corporate domination, at large on earth today.” 7/7/2020What Is the “Real Deal” at Jordan Peterson’s Thinkspot?
The Center - “However, in this piece, I will explain precisely why Thinkspot was created. The story starts shortly after the turn of the millennium, with crowdsourcing and crowdfunding.” 7/6/2020
The Center - “However, in this piece, I will explain precisely why Thinkspot was created. The story starts shortly after the turn of the millennium, with crowdsourcing and crowdfunding.” 7/6/2020The Foundational Integrity of Imants Ziedonis
The Center - “In other words, Ziedonis, knowingly or not, recognized that for a state to be free, its people must recognize a shared tradition and must be themselves free to build upon it.” 7/6/2020
The Center - “In other words, Ziedonis, knowingly or not, recognized that for a state to be free, its people must recognize a shared tradition and must be themselves free to build upon it.” 7/6/2020The Dangers of Politicizing the Coronavirus
The Center - “It is not often that everyone in the country faces the same towering life-and-death challenge all at once, which is why we should drop the cheap partisan smears and start talking honestly about the greatest threat we have confronted in a generation.” 7/5/2020
The Center - “It is not often that everyone in the country faces the same towering life-and-death challenge all at once, which is why we should drop the cheap partisan smears and start talking honestly about the greatest threat we have confronted in a generation.” 7/5/2020Choose “the Party of 1776,” Not “the Party of 1619”
The Right - “Today, with the very identity of the West at stake, it is perhaps particularly important to focus on celebrating those great values.” 7/4/2020
The Right - “Today, with the very identity of the West at stake, it is perhaps particularly important to focus on celebrating those great values.” 7/4/2020Interview with Oliver Strijbis: Swiss Lessons on Identity and National Unity
The Center - “Political ideas are too abstract. They are not enough to make people emotional about identity. Swiss identity has a cultural element.” 7/3/2020
The Center - “Political ideas are too abstract. They are not enough to make people emotional about identity. Swiss identity has a cultural element.” 7/3/2020Anti-Racism Demonstrations That Are Just Too Much
The Center - “Those doing things like reenacting a slave raid may have noble intentions, but they are sending the wrong message.” 7/3/2020
The Center - “Those doing things like reenacting a slave raid may have noble intentions, but they are sending the wrong message.” 7/3/2020When Censorship Is Outsourced to the Private Sector
The Right - “Our commitment to the rights of others to express themselves, even if they hold heinous beliefs, is something uniquely American, and it is perhaps the finest piece of our cultural heritage.” 7/2/2020
The Right - “Our commitment to the rights of others to express themselves, even if they hold heinous beliefs, is something uniquely American, and it is perhaps the finest piece of our cultural heritage.” 7/2/2020