Where an Anti-Aging Theory Goes Right (and Wrong)
Op-Ed - “We need more visionaries and integrated fields…because just as the human body is a complex interplay of atomic, molecular, cellular, and systemic processes, so too must be our approach to increasing healthy lifespan.” 8/26/2024
Op-Ed - “We need more visionaries and integrated fields…because just as the human body is a complex interplay of atomic, molecular, cellular, and systemic processes, so too must be our approach to increasing healthy lifespan.” 8/26/2024Burning Britain
Op-Ed - “Political violence, particularly against minorities, has no place in a democracy. However, neglecting the undeniable social and cultural repercussions of mass immigration is a grave mistake that only serves to empower the hard right.” 8/6/2024
Op-Ed - “Political violence, particularly against minorities, has no place in a democracy. However, neglecting the undeniable social and cultural repercussions of mass immigration is a grave mistake that only serves to empower the hard right.” 8/6/2024Reckless Rhetoric and Its Consequences Op-Ed - “By constantly calling President Trump an existential threat to democracy and comparing him so often to Hitler, many in the press need to be held accountable for demonizing his millions of voters and tilling the fertile soil that produced Crooks and others like him, yet to surface.” 7/15/2024
Op-Ed - “By constantly calling President Trump an existential threat to democracy and comparing him so often to Hitler, many in the press need to be held accountable for demonizing his millions of voters and tilling the fertile soil that produced Crooks and others like him, yet to surface.” 7/15/2024Why Are Democratic Alliances so Sluggish? (And a Proposed Solution)
Op-Ed - “The democratic form of government is persistently incompetent at preparing for its own defense, despite fair warnings.” 6/13/2024
Op-Ed - “The democratic form of government is persistently incompetent at preparing for its own defense, despite fair warnings.” 6/13/2024Historical Shadows: The Far-Right Surge in Germany and Austria Op-Ed - “For far too long, their concerns were ignored by center and left-wing parties, and so they turned elsewhere.” 6/11/2024
Op-Ed - “For far too long, their concerns were ignored by center and left-wing parties, and so they turned elsewhere.” 6/11/2024Yes, to a Palestinian State—Just Not Inside or Right Next to Israel Op-Ed - “There is a strong positive relationship between living under the benefits of a government and human flourishing. Those without its protection must suffer, at the very least, compared to those who are fortunate in this regard.” 6/7/2024
Op-Ed - “There is a strong positive relationship between living under the benefits of a government and human flourishing. Those without its protection must suffer, at the very least, compared to those who are fortunate in this regard.” 6/7/2024Putin’s Very Limited Tactical Nuclear Warfare Options
Op-Ed - “Anticipating what a Russian nuclear attack would look like is an important first step in fashioning an appropriate response.” 6/4/2024
Op-Ed - “Anticipating what a Russian nuclear attack would look like is an important first step in fashioning an appropriate response.” 6/4/2024Jerry Seinfeld Understated the Death of Comedy
Op-Ed - “In Carlin’s time, it was edgy and cool to push back against the prudish ideas about obscenity, so playing with the boundaries of the metanarrative was practically encouraged (at least from audiences). Today, quite the opposite.” 5/8/2024
Op-Ed - “In Carlin’s time, it was edgy and cool to push back against the prudish ideas about obscenity, so playing with the boundaries of the metanarrative was practically encouraged (at least from audiences). Today, quite the opposite.” 5/8/2024College Protests and the Limits of Virtue Op-Ed - “That is, virtuous striving now is something that seeks to turn our social paradigm on its head.“ 5/7/2024
Op-Ed - “That is, virtuous striving now is something that seeks to turn our social paradigm on its head.“ 5/7/2024What Happened to Columbia University? Op-Ed - “Seventy years of an educational ideology steeped in ‘openness’ has wreaked havoc on the United States, and what we see at Columbia University (and at other American universities) is clear proof of that.” 4/24/2024
Op-Ed - “Seventy years of an educational ideology steeped in ‘openness’ has wreaked havoc on the United States, and what we see at Columbia University (and at other American universities) is clear proof of that.” 4/24/2024When Promoting Clean Energy, Patriotism Beats Moralizing
Op-Ed - “The debate over whether to go green is not a debate over whether to incur costs. It is a debate over which set of costs to incur, and people’s willingness to bear tangible burdens to achieve goals supported by affluent, educated progressives is limited.” 4/22/2024
Op-Ed - “The debate over whether to go green is not a debate over whether to incur costs. It is a debate over which set of costs to incur, and people’s willingness to bear tangible burdens to achieve goals supported by affluent, educated progressives is limited.” 4/22/2024The Freedom to Be Religious as an Atheist
Op-Ed - “In other words, now that I have become an atheist, I feel free to appreciate and even dabble in various religions. To put this in terms of Waits Paradox: Once one has quit religion, he is free to be religious.” 4/12/2024
Op-Ed - “In other words, now that I have become an atheist, I feel free to appreciate and even dabble in various religions. To put this in terms of Waits Paradox: Once one has quit religion, he is free to be religious.” 4/12/2024Sanctimony: A Political Vice from Which We Must Escape
Op-Ed - “Watching this quasi-religious mentality migrate leftward and displace more rational, humanistic values has been painful.” 4/5/2024
Op-Ed - “Watching this quasi-religious mentality migrate leftward and displace more rational, humanistic values has been painful.” 4/5/2024The Age of Jihad Op-Ed - “As a result, an air of fear hangs over society, regardless of the fact that the likelihood of falling victim to such an attack is very low indeed. But this is how terror works.” 3/27/2024
Op-Ed - “As a result, an air of fear hangs over society, regardless of the fact that the likelihood of falling victim to such an attack is very low indeed. But this is how terror works.” 3/27/2024What Jordan Peterson’s Conversation with Destiny Can Teach Us
Op-Ed - “Paradoxically, as the amount of online content available for consumption increases, conversations with as interesting a dynamic range as the one between Peterson and Destiny seem fewer and farther between.” 3/26/2024
Op-Ed - “Paradoxically, as the amount of online content available for consumption increases, conversations with as interesting a dynamic range as the one between Peterson and Destiny seem fewer and farther between.” 3/26/2024A Possible Solution to the Standardized Testing Debate
Op-Ed - “The video games also adapted to my inputs and choices in real time, which meant they could capture my strengths and weaknesses, a fuller view of my aptitude than just a number from how many multiple choice questions I got right.” 3/23/2024
Op-Ed - “The video games also adapted to my inputs and choices in real time, which meant they could capture my strengths and weaknesses, a fuller view of my aptitude than just a number from how many multiple choice questions I got right.” 3/23/2024