The Cult of Democracy
The Right - “The bigger the election’s participation, the bigger the mandate, and so universal suffrage elections have grown into unwieldy, ugly beasts.” 5/21/2021
The Right - “The bigger the election’s participation, the bigger the mandate, and so universal suffrage elections have grown into unwieldy, ugly beasts.” 5/21/2021
Beware of False Humanists
The Center - “At the same time, I cannot find a single discovery in the history of science that has been made by following the conviction that everybody is different.” 5/19/2021
The Center - “At the same time, I cannot find a single discovery in the history of science that has been made by following the conviction that everybody is different.” 5/19/2021The Two-faces of Classical Music: the Bureaucratic Tyranny of Music Schools
The Right - “The reasoning has nothing whatsoever to do with functionality; indeed, it has nothing whatsoever to do with viruses or health safety. The reasoning is about symbolizing conformity to bureaucratic rule.” 5/18/2021
The Right - “The reasoning has nothing whatsoever to do with functionality; indeed, it has nothing whatsoever to do with viruses or health safety. The reasoning is about symbolizing conformity to bureaucratic rule.” 5/18/2021Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Immigration, Islam, and Christopher Hitchens
The Center - “What I have found in the book is strong enough to suggest that there is a correlation between mass migration from Muslim-majority countries and the increase in sexual violence.” 5/16/2021
The Center - “What I have found in the book is strong enough to suggest that there is a correlation between mass migration from Muslim-majority countries and the increase in sexual violence.” 5/16/2021How the “New Atheists” Deradicalized Me
The Center - “New Atheism had taught me always to demand evidence; and the evidence revealed that, historically, political radicalism had been a major source of violence and inhumanity…” 5/15/2021
The Center - “New Atheism had taught me always to demand evidence; and the evidence revealed that, historically, political radicalism had been a major source of violence and inhumanity…” 5/15/2021Stoicism Offers an Antidote to Cancel Culture
The Center - “From a eudaimonic well-being perspective, the act of cancelling those we do not like—more often than not—leaves us worse off, precisely because it robs us of an opportunity to create the best version of ourselves.” 5/14/2021
The Center - “From a eudaimonic well-being perspective, the act of cancelling those we do not like—more often than not—leaves us worse off, precisely because it robs us of an opportunity to create the best version of ourselves.” 5/14/2021To Prevent Politics and Reality from Breaking Up, Keep It Local
The Center - “Therefore, if we want to ward off a divorce between our political narratives and reality, perhaps the best thing we can do is bring political affairs as close as possible to our lived, everyday realities.” 5/13/2021
The Center - “Therefore, if we want to ward off a divorce between our political narratives and reality, perhaps the best thing we can do is bring political affairs as close as possible to our lived, everyday realities.” 5/13/2021Review: Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman’s “Backsliding”
The Right - “With that said, there is considerably more to democratic regression than the simplistic idea of evil, right-wing leaders whose ideas resonate with bad people.” 5/11/2021
The Right - “With that said, there is considerably more to democratic regression than the simplistic idea of evil, right-wing leaders whose ideas resonate with bad people.” 5/11/2021A Brit’s Friendly Advice to American Conservatives
The Right - “In order to win, the American Right needs to bury dead dogmas, get its head out of abstract Platonic idealism, and look reality in the face.” 5/11/2021
The Right - “In order to win, the American Right needs to bury dead dogmas, get its head out of abstract Platonic idealism, and look reality in the face.” 5/11/2021