“On campuses so far, I have been pleasantly surprised that I have been invited to talks that have been well-received and civil.”
Greg Lukianoff Joins Erich Prince: The Coddling of the American Mind
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Erich J. Prince
Erich J. Prince is the editor at Merion West. Erich has contributed to a variety of publications including The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Hartford Courant, The News & Observer, the Orlando Sentinel, and The Hill. His opinion writing has been honored with two awards from the Columbia University School of Journalism. He studied political science at Yale, completing his thesis on the history of polarization in the United States Congress.
Category: The Center
Editor’s Choice: The Best Political Speeches of the Past 55 Years
A few recent political speeches worthy of the history books.
Interview: Rick Ungar on His New Project “The Daily Centrist”
“My reputation is, ‘Every conservative’s favorite liberal.’ That’s because I don’t hate people because I disagree with them.”
Our Conversation With Berny Belvedere, Founder of Arc Digital
“People who read us will gain a better perspective overall of the issues that we produce. Why wouldn’t we want to be as influential as possible?“
When Debating the Border, Let’s Remember Gangs
“With well over one million gang members criminally operating in the United States…Terms like ‘occupation’ come to mind.”
“Feminism”: A War Against Women?
“I am a single college student with jobs but no set career. Unlike Newman, I cannot speak for anyone else, but I can say that I did not appreciate her representation of our sex.”
In Defense of Jordan Peterson’s Religious Beliefs
“However, [Peterson’s] general statements about God do, or would, find a home in Catholic and Orthodox theological dogma and tradition.”
Religion and the Left: A Reply to McManus
“The ideas of the Right are more powerful precisely because they are more primitive. Fraternity between differing religious, racial, and linguistic communities is of greater abstraction than fraternizing with one’s co-religionist and inter-linguistic community.”
What Is an Intellectual?
“What is it, then, that intellectuals should do? In order to answer this question, it is first necessary to return to a claim made earlier, namely that the telling of truth cannot be the responsibility of an intellectual because being an intellectual, in its very definition, is truth-telling.”
Interview: Jonathan Haidt on What Underlies Polarization in America
“In a sense, the Founding Fathers feared democracy because of the tendency of people to be carried away by their passion and easily led astray by demagogues, and I think that our modern polarization, augmented by social media, could well bring their worst fears to reality.”
Interview: Kate Leaver Talks Friendship
“I think reciprocity is a very important part of a friendship or, in fact, any type of relationship. I think having a balance where both of you are investing equal amounts of time and energy and love and attention into that relationship is really important.”
Helen Pluckrose Joins Erich Prince to Tell Areo’s Story
“…Areo is bipartisan; it doesn’t take a side. I personally find that I agree with about 25% of the pieces I put out. The other 75%, I think they’re good, but I’m not convinced by their arguments ultimately.”
One and Done? Studying the First Step Act’s Lone Anti-Gang Restriction
“Will the First Step Act protect against the release of gang members?”
Should Congress Revise Federal Laws Against Lying?
“When Justice Ginsburg reviewed his case, her concurring opinion warned that the federal false statements statute arms government agents with authority to generate felonies.”
The First Step Act Doesn’t Do Enough about Gangs
“Communities do not have ‘gang problems.’ America has a gang crisis.”