“It is a shame, though, that whenever Orwell reappears it is almost always in the context of his dystopian political novel.”
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Why We’ll Always Be Talking about George Orwell
Like in Ukraine, We Must Recognize Iranians’ Right to Resistance
“Political leaders in the United States are increasingly recognizing the vitality and capabilities of the Iranian resistance movement and are looking for ways to empower it.”
The Great American School Tragedy: The Coronavirus and Students
“So while parents are generally satisfied with what schools did under trying and unprecedented circumstances, they have good reason to be worried about the pandemic’s effects on their children’s academic and emotional well-being.”
Let Them Fight: The Case for Leaving Syria
“If the United States and its NATO allies consider Turkey to be a partner worth keeping—and both the size of its military and its contributions to NATO’s budget suggest that it is—then a situation placing Turkey in conflict with Russia is to their benefit.”
Narrative Ethics: A Modest Proposal
“I wryly refer to the universal adoption of narrative ethics as a ‘modest proposal’ because while telling stories is a fundamental part of human nature, telling stories in perfectly ethical ways is, unfortunately, too often alien to our nature.”
Karl Marx’s Theory of Primitive Accumulation Is Wrong
“It is a win-win situation—not the zero-sum world of Marx’s gloomy dystopia. Institutions that reduce transaction costs and enforce well-defined property rights provide an environment in which incentives to economic initiative can thrive.”
On “The Diversity Paradox”
“Similarly, while professional hockey is considered to have an under-representation problem, the same is not considered true for the National Football League or National Basketball Association, in which African Americans are very over-represented.”
When Anti-Israel Bias Finds Its Way into Coverage Choices
“Our media’s acceptance of anti-Semitic narratives is eroding Israel’s standing in the world and, in turn, the nation’s ability to defend itself against an enemy that has long ago broken its borders and used its very liberalism against it.”
To Win Wars, Cut the U.S. Defense Budget
“It is time to slash the United States defense budget. The money wasted on weapon systems designed to win last century’s wars is staggering, as are the opportunity costs.”
Harris Poll’s Will Johnson: Why Polling Still Matters
“At the end of the day, it’s a pretty simple business that we’re in: We want to understand culture, we want to understand consumers’ thinking, and we’re just trying to answer why’s.”
The Pandemic Is a Chaos Narrative
“Chaos narratives, however, defy our narrative expectations. There is no order, sense, or logical chronology but, instead, suffering without an apparent purpose or meaning.”
Why Putin’s Russia and Xi’s China Are Cozy Bedfellows
“Why is there this close bond? Why does China do nothing in response to President Putin’s bloodlust?”
The Many Problems with Race Reparations in the United States (Part Two)
“The analyses attempting to quantify reparations, cited above, will likely encounter strong and ongoing resistance, if only based on the price tag alone.”
Rediscovering “Third Place” Friendships in a Post-Pandemic World
“By taking part in ordinary activities like visiting a bar or restaurant or a park or library, we are doing something which is important to the health of our neighbors, neighborhoods, and communities.”
Yemen and the Weaponization of Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid
“A country on the brink well before war arrived, Yemen’s humanitarian crisis has been labeled the worst of our generation.”
