Understanding Why Netanyahu Won
The Center - “Whatever else one may think about the unholy trinity of Prime Minister Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir, and Bezalel Smotrich, they are, among other things, willing to discuss the serious internal security concerns that much of the country outside of Tel Aviv faces.” 1/11/2023

Work Is About Knowledge That Pays and Relationships That Are Priceless
The Center - “And both wages and relationships advance worker opportunity, the essential elements of which are what individuals know (i.e., profitable knowledge) and whom they know (i.e., priceless relationships).” 12/15/2022

On the Inevitability of Racism
The Center - “As psychoanalysis long ago has perspicaciously demonstrated, prejudice is universal to human nature and is evolutionarily informed.” 12/5/2022

COVID-19 and the Banality of Evil
The Left - “Compulsory obedience can especially be seen in how the Democratic Party has changed since the election of President Biden in 2020. Before he entered office, COVID-19 was more accepted as an important and legitimate issue.” 12/4/2022

Russia Will Pursue Desperate Strategies After It Exhausts Its Missile Supply
The Center - “Aside from the fact that history shows that rockets are far more useful at inflicting damage against military than civilian targets, their misuse may indicate an underlying strategic desperation in the Kremlin.” 12/1/2022

The First Metaverse Nation
The Center - “What is new, in this case, is that the people of Tuvalu are hoping their future metaverse-based civilization will continue to function as a state and will be recognized internationally as a proper nation.” 12/1/2022

The Complexity Paradox
The Center - “We are great at handling complexity until things get really, really complex.” 10/27/2022

Putin’s Nuclear Threats Show that Jacinda Adern is Wrong About Nuclear Weapons
The Center - “[Prime Minister Ardern] is correct that nuclear weapons arsenals carry with them great risks of widespread destruction. However, the greatest risk lies in committing not to use them.” 10/14/2022

Iran’s Uprising: Precursor to a New Revolution
The Center - “The unrest that flared up in response to [Mahsa Amini’s] death has been virtually unprecedented and provides the international community with perhaps the clearest reminder that the Iranian people abhor authoritarianism.” 10/12/2022

Why I Support Australian Republicanism
The Left - “A republic represents the ability for Australians to recognize formally what has been long known: that we are willing and capable of charting our own future released from the bonds of the past.” 10/11/2022

Friendships as Pathways to Upward Income Mobility
The Center - “For example, if poor children grew up in a neighborhood where 70% of their friends were wealthy, their future income on average will increase by 20%, similar to the effect of going to a four-year college.” 8/16/2022

Salman Rushdie: The Antithesis to Moral Cowardice
The Center - “Leading by example, Rushdie refuses to be intimidated into silence.” 8/15/2022

When It Comes to Iran, Say “No” to Appeasement
The Center - “Without an enemy to demonize, the Islamic Republic would have to answer for its many and grave failures.” 8/3/2022

Peter Buxtun, the Hero of Tuskegee, 50 Years On
The Right - “In later interviews, Buxtun would shrug off the accolades he later received for his whistleblowing. ‘I don’t want to be embarrassed by an oversupply of compliments. I am who I am,’ he would tell bioethicist Carl Elliott in 2017.” 7/25/2022

The Acute Danger of Iran’s Belligerence
The Center - “Our collective inability to push back against such a hateful worldview by holding Tehran accountable for the terror it is has funded and weaponized could soon prove to be a costly mistake.” 7/14/2022

If the Horseshoe Fits: Illiberalism Across the Political Spectrum
The Center - “While far-right ideologues make no secret of their illiberalism, their counterparts on the Left tend to cloak theirs in the language of equality.” 7/10/2022
