The Myth of Neocon Anti-Nationalism
Essay - “However, it seems unlikely that this is because neoconservatism inherently favors open borders, as some critics have suggested. A more probable reason is neoconservatism’s penchant for compromise, pragmatism, and moderation.” (2/12/2025)
Essay - “However, it seems unlikely that this is because neoconservatism inherently favors open borders, as some critics have suggested. A more probable reason is neoconservatism’s penchant for compromise, pragmatism, and moderation.” (2/12/2025)Understanding Orwell on the Lesser Evil
Essay - “Five years later, Orwell published an essay called ‘Looking Back on the Spanish War,’ in which he states, ‘War is evil, and it is often the lesser evil.'” (1/31/2025)
Essay - “Five years later, Orwell published an essay called ‘Looking Back on the Spanish War,’ in which he states, ‘War is evil, and it is often the lesser evil.'” (1/31/2025)Second Thoughts on Airline Deregulation
Essay - “The deregulation of air travel and other sectors of the economy in the 1970s was (and continues to be), in my view, a profound mistake. While controversial, I assure you that this contrarian take is not (entirely) a product of big-government sentimentalism from a crabby online socialist.” (1/29/2025)
Essay - “The deregulation of air travel and other sectors of the economy in the 1970s was (and continues to be), in my view, a profound mistake. While controversial, I assure you that this contrarian take is not (entirely) a product of big-government sentimentalism from a crabby online socialist.” (1/29/2025)Letter: On “Our Life-World, Its Enemies, and the Enduring Power of Common Sense”
Essay - “Vice President Harris’s phrase could be described as the animating principle behind the whole modern project, as well as much of what we think of as progress: The more we unburden ourselves from nature and history, the more human ideas can determine what can be.” (1/28/2025)
Essay - “Vice President Harris’s phrase could be described as the animating principle behind the whole modern project, as well as much of what we think of as progress: The more we unburden ourselves from nature and history, the more human ideas can determine what can be.” (1/28/2025)How Close Are We to Escaping Dying? The Current State of Cryonics
Essay - “This mainstream acceptance raises a key question: If vitrification can preserve embryos and organs like kidneys, why wouldn’t similar principles apply to brain preservation of cryonics?” (1/17/2025)
Essay - “This mainstream acceptance raises a key question: If vitrification can preserve embryos and organs like kidneys, why wouldn’t similar principles apply to brain preservation of cryonics?” (1/17/2025)What James Lindsay Gets Wrong about “Right-Wing Postliberalism” Essay - “Recently, however, James Lindsay has sparked a contentious debate on this topic by disparaging postliberals as ‘woke right.’ We will examine [Alasdair] MacIntyre in the context of this vibrant debate.” (1/16/2025)
Essay - “Recently, however, James Lindsay has sparked a contentious debate on this topic by disparaging postliberals as ‘woke right.’ We will examine [Alasdair] MacIntyre in the context of this vibrant debate.” (1/16/2025)Spinoza and the Unrest of Capitalism Essay - “To succumb to pressure to suppress or disguise his true beliefs would have been, for Spinoza, a concession equivalent to defeatist self-abnegation.” (1/13/2025)
Essay - “To succumb to pressure to suppress or disguise his true beliefs would have been, for Spinoza, a concession equivalent to defeatist self-abnegation.” (1/13/2025)Jimmy Carter: A Man Ahead of His Time
Essay - “It should be noted, however, that President Carter was not only the Great Humanitarian. He was also the Great Deregulator.” (1/5/2025)
Essay - “It should be noted, however, that President Carter was not only the Great Humanitarian. He was also the Great Deregulator.” (1/5/2025)Letter: Reflecting on “These People All Know Each Other”
Essay - “Collegiality may grease the wheels of society, but when does it become dysfunctional or oppressive? Or, to raise another question, what are the advantages of rudeness?” (1/3/2025)
Essay - “Collegiality may grease the wheels of society, but when does it become dysfunctional or oppressive? Or, to raise another question, what are the advantages of rudeness?” (1/3/2025)Editor’s Choice: Notable Articles in 2024 Essay - “Reviving a Merion West tradition, I present here a list, though not a ranking, of some of my favorite articles that Merion West has published this year.” (12/31/2024)
Essay - “Reviving a Merion West tradition, I present here a list, though not a ranking, of some of my favorite articles that Merion West has published this year.” (12/31/2024)In Reply to Walter Block: Sticking with Democratic Socialism
Essay - “Of course, the question of whether healthcare should be socialized is only a small piece of my general disagreement with [Walter] Block on political economy. Still, it is a vivid enough example to stand in for all the bigger questions.” (12/30/2024)
Essay - “Of course, the question of whether healthcare should be socialized is only a small piece of my general disagreement with [Walter] Block on political economy. Still, it is a vivid enough example to stand in for all the bigger questions.” (12/30/2024)Our Life-World, Its Enemies, and the Enduring Power of Common Sense Essay - “Similarly distinct from the regular life-world is the world of academic theory, in which, as in the fantasy world, theoretical constructs are often divorced from any dependency on practical outcomes.” (12/28/2024)
Essay - “Similarly distinct from the regular life-world is the world of academic theory, in which, as in the fantasy world, theoretical constructs are often divorced from any dependency on practical outcomes.” (12/28/2024)A Three-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Essay - “As Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said on the White House lawn in 1993 during the Oslo Accords, the progenitor initiative of what is required exactly now: ‘Enough of blood and tears. Enough.” (12/23/2024)
Essay - “As Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said on the White House lawn in 1993 during the Oslo Accords, the progenitor initiative of what is required exactly now: ‘Enough of blood and tears. Enough.” (12/23/2024)Rejoinder to Ben Burgis: The Case for Laissez-Faire Capitalism
Essay - “According to that tried and true statement, ‘wealthier is healthier.’ Free enterprise leads to greater wealth and, thus, to greater health and longevity, ceteris paribus.” (12/19/2024)
Essay - “According to that tried and true statement, ‘wealthier is healthier.’ Free enterprise leads to greater wealth and, thus, to greater health and longevity, ceteris paribus.” (12/19/2024)Start Making Sense: “Say Hello to Metamodernism” Essay - “Just as [Greg] Dember’s generation inherited modernism and felt a need to rebel, today’s younger generations have inherited postmodernism and no doubt feel the same urge to keep the sense of cultural evolution progressing.” (12/17/2024)
Essay - “Just as [Greg] Dember’s generation inherited modernism and felt a need to rebel, today’s younger generations have inherited postmodernism and no doubt feel the same urge to keep the sense of cultural evolution progressing.” (12/17/2024)The Case for Democratic Socialism
Essay - “Capitalism has done much to develop the economic machinery of the modern world to the point where all of this is possible. But it is long since time to move past the capitalist phase of our history and institute something better.” (12/7/2024)
Essay - “Capitalism has done much to develop the economic machinery of the modern world to the point where all of this is possible. But it is long since time to move past the capitalist phase of our history and institute something better.” (12/7/2024)