“That’s where I think it’s a real difference, that you actually have somebody running that can actually win a Republican district nearly 2 to 1 without spending a dime on a campaign.”
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Dostoevsky’s Extremely Thoughtful Critique of the Left
“People do not truly want an end to suffering in all cases…They need challenges in order to feel the thrill of victory, guilt over their actions to have a chance at redemption, and the possibility of rejection and hatred to feel any deep form of love.”
On Brexit: In Reply to Clive Pinder
“Given Pinder’s distaste for academia, I don’t imagine he would be fond of this kind of Platonic utopia.”
Jordan Peterson’s Thinkspot and Public Utilities
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NATO: 70 Years On
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The Shallowness of the Intellectual Dark Web
“Edmund Burke’s arguments against the French Revolutionaries resonate because he understood the revolutionaries’ position quite well.”
“Ban the Box” Falls Short of Its Goals
“While BTB is the most visible approach to signal support for reintegration, it is perhaps not the most effective way to bring about substantial criminal justice reform and truly help ex-felons build a new life.”
Preview: Human Dignity and the Law
“If individuals are able to become authors of their lives in a substantive way, we can say they have lived a dignified life.”
Social Democracy and Capitalism: A Reply To Richard Burcik
“If capitalism doesn’t work for us all, it doesn’t work at all.”
When We Debate “Biological Differences”
“The framing of these arguments, I believe, is largely misguided. Right and Left are, after all, moral and political positions and not scientific ones.”
One-on-One with Rep. Dwight Evans (Part II)
“I don’t know who you think you’re talking to, because you don’t understand, I’m not your typical Democrat.”
Interview: Rep. Madeleine Dean at Border Detention Facilities
“They slid a note, children with a note under the door and said, ‘How can we help you?'”
Review: Kevin O’Rourke’s “A Short History of Brexit: From Brentry to Backstop”
“Importantly, he notes that it was initially the Conservative party that embraced European integration and the Labour Party which vehemently opposed it.”
Then a Long Shot, Now a Contender: Our 2018 Interview with Andrew Yang
“It is my conviction that we are going through the greatest technological and economic shift in human history, and our political class is completely asleep at the switch.”
A Preview of “The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism”
“Perhaps it would be a great Christmas present for the depressed Leftist in one’s life?”