Donald Trump rode the politics of power and emotion to the White House. If his opponents continue to respond in kind, he might have killed the politics of principle in the process.
Power Over Principles: the Dual Dangers of Trumpism and Anti-Racism
Interviews
Tag: Essay
A Better Way to Understand the Intellectual Dark Web
“In a different world where the culture war never happened, I might have seen myself as their ally in some areas.”
George Orwell: from Hell to Salvation
“Leaving behind a bucolic past, the engine of modernity has nature on the run as it speeds towards an uncertain future.”
Science: Not Everyone’s Cup of Tea
“It bears to repeat, however, that our genes do not directly decide the actions we take in life—as fatalism would like one to believe. They are not the means to our destiny but, rather, are the keys to our hypothetical reality.”
Do Americans Vote Too Much?
The United States does not have low voter turnout; Americans actually are asked to vote too much, and this hurts our democracy.
Identity Politics and the Death of Moral Imagination
“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.”
Preview: “A Critical Legal Examination of Liberalism and Liberal Rights”
“While we may be cursed to live in interesting times, this presents an opportunity to rethink some of our basic assumptions about the democratic politics of liberal states…”
The Case for Civic Nationalism
“If carefully constructed, civic nationalism in the United States can take both conservative and progressive forms.”
Pharmakon IV: Secret Family Recipe
“Due to the repetitive observations made by most in their daily routines in a country with little socioeconomic mixing, there is poor visibility into how the lives of those in other classes transpire.”
The Problems with Cultural Christianity
“In this respect, it is not a defense of Christianity but its final undoing: the subordination of eternal God to the human, all too human need for reactionary political order and tribalistic identity.”
The Ideological Takeover of British Psychotherapy
“The problem with this conception is that access to truth or objectivity becomes something not open to universal access but, instead, becomes something distributed on the basis of social position.”
Why Europe Is Weak on Iran
“It can be argued that the European failure to stand with the United States in maintaining sanctions on the Islamic regime is a symptom of their prolonged appeasement policy, which is masqueraded as diplomatic engagement.”
Review: Roger Scruton’s “On Human Nature”
“The result is a thoughtful and nuanced book that testifies to both his theoretical and exegetical talents, solidifying Scruton’s legacy as the most talented conservative writer of his generation.”
Looking Beyond Easy Explanations for Divorce
“Maybe there is something in our environment that makes staying together so hard.”
Kayleigh McEnany: a Tough Act to Follow
“However, after the departure of three spokespeople before her, it seems that President Trump has found his keeper—and the media their match—in a 32-year-old Harvard Law School graduate: Kayleigh McEnany.”