“The country is no longer predominantly rural but urban, and the frontier mindset has been largely superseded by a cosmopolitan one.”
Pharmakon I: Post-Mortem
Tag: Essay
The Pernicious Influence of Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s Sophistry
“In one of the great exercises of academic sophistry in our times, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva wants to persuade us that color-blindness is racism, and color-consciousness is anti-racism.”
The Authentic Conservative vs. the Reactionary Conservative
“The reactionary outlook is, consequently, hostile to the commitment to moral equality that authentic conservatives, liberals, and progressives share.”
Nathan J. Robinson’s Curious Critique
“If people’s convictions about those particular issues are weak enough that they could be changed by watching Rising, they surely could be changed in many other ways…”
Review: “Welcome to the Rebellion: A New Hope in Radical Politics” by Michael Harris
“Although set ‘A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….,’ the Star Wars narrative feels increasingly relevant with a very real empire, one of corporate domination, at large on earth today.”
What Is the “Real Deal” at Jordan Peterson’s Thinkspot?
“However, in this piece, I will explain precisely why Thinkspot was created. The story starts shortly after the turn of the millennium, with crowdsourcing and crowdfunding.”
The Foundational Integrity of Imants Ziedonis
“In other words, Ziedonis, knowingly or not, recognized that for a state to be free, its people must recognize a shared tradition and must be themselves free to build upon it.”
Choose “the Party of 1776,” Not “the Party of 1619”
“Today, with the very identity of the West at stake, it is perhaps particularly important to focus on celebrating those great values.”
The Discrete Ideology of Thomas Piketty: Successes and Failures of ‘Capital and Ideology’
“Whereas Piketty’s earlier book was often accused of ignoring the role that political doctrines played in naturalizing inequality, he has here devoted an entire text to that very subject.”
The Puppet Masters of Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis
“The question worth asking is: Who stands to benefit from the continual fueling, participation, and organization of a war that threatens to destabilize Yemen irreversibly?”
Running Wild: Hulk Hogan, God, and the Coronavirus
“While feeding on an unclean beast alone may seem like a trivial act, it is arguably symbolic of mankind’s time-honored bastardization of the natural order.”
Allan Bloom at Harvard, a Lesson Reverberating through the Years
“ The university is nothing less than the institutionalization of Socrates. So the end of philosophy in the university portends the subversion of democracy itself.”
Herodotus and the Human Quest for Justice
“Herodotus, as we can begin to see, is a theorist of human action—and a theorist of justice. Justice, according to Herodotus, is the chief force of human action.”
And They’ve Come for the Founders
“However, as one watches the Founders find their way into the crosshairs of so many, perhaps the obvious needs to be restated.”
Are Conservatives “Virtue Signalling” Too?
“Of course, virtue signaling from the Right regarding the protests has come in many forms other than writing.”