Germany’s Lingering Hegelianism
Essay - “And so things continue as before, because in a post-historical era, sprinkled with German-Hegelian state worship and a view of oneself as the summit of civilizational development, there is no need to move from the spot one has occupied.” (3/23/2025)
Essay - “And so things continue as before, because in a post-historical era, sprinkled with German-Hegelian state worship and a view of oneself as the summit of civilizational development, there is no need to move from the spot one has occupied.” (3/23/2025)Christianity and the West―Criticizing Lawrence Auster
Essay - “It was Christianity that became Europe’s unifying ideology and inspired figures from Charlemagne to Columbus.” (3/19/2025)
Essay - “It was Christianity that became Europe’s unifying ideology and inspired figures from Charlemagne to Columbus.” (3/19/2025)The Rooted and the Restless
Essay - “I was born in the 1990s, into one of the countless middle-class Indian families that were sprouting like saplings after the rains, in the wake of the 1991 economic reforms. India was shaking off the dust of its socialist decades and finding its footing in a world suddenly wider and freer.” (3/17/2025)
Essay - “I was born in the 1990s, into one of the countless middle-class Indian families that were sprouting like saplings after the rains, in the wake of the 1991 economic reforms. India was shaking off the dust of its socialist decades and finding its footing in a world suddenly wider and freer.” (3/17/2025)Phantasmal Chaos
Essay - “As geography is transcended, the feverish antipathy between ‘somewheres’ and ‘anywheres’ stands to be sublated…in that, from the standpoint of cyber-space, ‘somewhere’ already means ‘anywhere’.” (3/5/2025)
Essay - “As geography is transcended, the feverish antipathy between ‘somewheres’ and ‘anywheres’ stands to be sublated…in that, from the standpoint of cyber-space, ‘somewhere’ already means ‘anywhere’.” (3/5/2025)Getting to Better American Health Outcomes Essay - “We should think about health inequity not as differences in outcomes across categories of individuals but as structural injustice that harms the health of everyone.” (3/3/2025)
Essay - “We should think about health inequity not as differences in outcomes across categories of individuals but as structural injustice that harms the health of everyone.” (3/3/2025)What Moby Dick Still Teaches Us Essay - “For many who join extremist organizations, it is not the cause that looks for them. Instead, they are looking for a cause.” (2/26/2025)
Essay - “For many who join extremist organizations, it is not the cause that looks for them. Instead, they are looking for a cause.” (2/26/2025)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)