Paging Mr. Moynihan
The Center - “We can only hope that Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s approach to politics will be rediscovered. Books like American Burke should function as essential guides in this most necessary search.” (10/21/2020)
The Center - “We can only hope that Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s approach to politics will be rediscovered. Books like American Burke should function as essential guides in this most necessary search.” (10/21/2020)Boredom: a Double-Edged Sword, for Individuals and Society
The Center - “Compared to these other negative emotional states, boredom might seem like a trivial complaint. However, boredom can cause real problems if not directed towards healthy and constructive behaviors.” (10/14/2020)
The Center - “Compared to these other negative emotional states, boredom might seem like a trivial complaint. However, boredom can cause real problems if not directed towards healthy and constructive behaviors.” (10/14/2020)How to Be a Non-Racist
The Center - “Non-racism, thus understood, implies colorblindness, not in the sense of literally not seeing skin color, but in the sense of treating it as insignificant.” (10/12/2020)
The Center - “Non-racism, thus understood, implies colorblindness, not in the sense of literally not seeing skin color, but in the sense of treating it as insignificant.” (10/12/2020)Changing My Mind on Universal Basic Income
The Right - “With 14 million Americans suddenly plunged into indefinite unemployment, has UBI become more popular? It seems like the answer is yes and no.” (10/2/2020)
The Right - “With 14 million Americans suddenly plunged into indefinite unemployment, has UBI become more popular? It seems like the answer is yes and no.” (10/2/2020)Rep. Susan Wild’s Bipartisan Initiative for Pandemic-related Child Care
The Center - “For Rep. Wild, this bill might also provide a foundation for downstream economic normalization; if child care is more accessible, the argument goes, then it becomes less burdensome for parents to return to work, seek out new potential employment, or continue their own education.” (9/18/2020)
The Center - “For Rep. Wild, this bill might also provide a foundation for downstream economic normalization; if child care is more accessible, the argument goes, then it becomes less burdensome for parents to return to work, seek out new potential employment, or continue their own education.” (9/18/2020)Do Americans Vote Too Much?
The Center - The United States does not have low voter turnout; Americans actually are asked to vote too much, and this hurts our democracy. (9/18/2020)
The Center - The United States does not have low voter turnout; Americans actually are asked to vote too much, and this hurts our democracy. (9/18/2020)Identity Politics and the Death of Moral Imagination The Right - “The problem—as has been said so many times before—is that identity politics takes a kernel of truth about embodied human experience and pushes it to its destructive conclusion.” (9/17/2020)
The Right - “The problem—as has been said so many times before—is that identity politics takes a kernel of truth about embodied human experience and pushes it to its destructive conclusion.” (9/17/2020)Searching for Common Meaning in the Age of Polarization 
The Center - “It is not between Red and Blue states; it is a battle about whether there is meaning outside of politics.” (9/16/2020)
The Center - “It is not between Red and Blue states; it is a battle about whether there is meaning outside of politics.” (9/16/2020)Partisan Identity and the Death of Representative Governance The Center - “Importing these ideas into your sense of self—to think of yourself as a liberal or a conservative—is irrational and corrosive. It is a recipe for error.” (8/8/2020)
The Center - “Importing these ideas into your sense of self—to think of yourself as a liberal or a conservative—is irrational and corrosive. It is a recipe for error.” (8/8/2020)White Jesus and the “Other” Jesus: When Activists Come for Gods
The Center - “A civilization that worships at such altars is one that no longer believes in itself, that considers itself irredeemably guilty, sinful or evil…” (8/7/2020)
The Center - “A civilization that worships at such altars is one that no longer believes in itself, that considers itself irredeemably guilty, sinful or evil…” (8/7/2020)Why Cancel Culture Won’t Last
The Center - “This is the thing about moral panics—while threatening, they can be illuminating.” (8/3/2020)
The Center - “This is the thing about moral panics—while threatening, they can be illuminating.” (8/3/2020)How Close We Are to Unravelling The Right - “The religion of Social Justice is redolent of the old paganism but without even the mortal transcendence of its pantheons.” (6/11/2020)
The Right - “The religion of Social Justice is redolent of the old paganism but without even the mortal transcendence of its pantheons.” (6/11/2020)Lessons from Antiquity for Our Current Pandemic
The Center - “Thucydides subsequently goes on to say, ‘In other respects also Athens owed to the plague the beginnings of a state of unprecedented lawlessness.’” (5/18/2020)
The Center - “Thucydides subsequently goes on to say, ‘In other respects also Athens owed to the plague the beginnings of a state of unprecedented lawlessness.’” (5/18/2020)If There Were Ever a Time for Bipartisanship, It Is Now The Center - “COVID-19 presents a unique opportunity for governments to build trust. According to a recent update of the 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer, trust in government around the world spiked by 11 points between January and May 2020.” (5/13/2020)
The Center - “COVID-19 presents a unique opportunity for governments to build trust. According to a recent update of the 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer, trust in government around the world spiked by 11 points between January and May 2020.” (5/13/2020)Jordan Peterson and Carl Jung’s Worldviews Have Been Greatly Oversimplified The Center - “With respect to McManus and Hamilton, who have admittedly produced a very interesting article, there are characterizations and theoretical points within their article that I feel need to be addressed.” (4/28/2020)
The Center - “With respect to McManus and Hamilton, who have admittedly produced a very interesting article, there are characterizations and theoretical points within their article that I feel need to be addressed.” (4/28/2020)To Stand up to China, the West Must First Re-Discover Itself The Right - “The lack of backbone displayed by Western leaders when dealing with China is symbolic of the malaise that has been gripping Western culture for decades.” (4/21/2020)
The Right - “The lack of backbone displayed by Western leaders when dealing with China is symbolic of the malaise that has been gripping Western culture for decades.” (4/21/2020)