“Both Tavana and Peterson have expressed support for capitalism and Western civilization without ever addressing the atrocities committed in their name.”
Tag: op-ed
Why Demographics Are Not Destiny
“Both the Left and the Right are wrong that demographics are fundamental to the political future of America (or of any other society). Demographics are not destiny.”
How the Coronavirus in Mexico Is Exacerbated by Inequality
“A governor declared that the disease was for rich people only and that it did not affect the poor. As such, how could we possibly expect Mexican citizens to react seriously to this pandemic when its government was behaving like this?”
There Is No Free Lunch: Landlords Are Not Leeches
We should support rent moratoriums—but not because landlords are ruthlessly exploiting a pandemic.
What Netflix’s “Tiger King” Teaches Us about Race and Class in America
“The United States needs a reality check. Yes, race has been a major issue in the country’s history. But class matters, and we must never forget that.”
How Libertarians View the Coronavirus Crisis
“For those of us who don’t want to go fully off-grid but concern ourselves with the expansion of the state, what might a pandemic response look like?”
On the Passing of Albert Uderzo (And What Postcolonialists Might Learn from Him)
“Uderzo’s approach to postcolonial criticism was much more nuanced and effective. Perhaps it takes a simple comic book illustrator to accomplish the job that overly sophisticated scholars fail to do.”
To Slow the Coronavirus, We Need Messages of Egoism—Not Altruism
“In the time of a silent but dangerous virus, we need to rely upon the individual’s self-preservation instinct to save other lives.“
The Misleading Claim that Bernie Sanders Is a “Hypocrite”
“Actually, Sanders status as a millionaire should calm and console those who believe that he thinks that all wealthy people are evil. His wealth should convince those people that he does believe in a free-market system.”
Glamorizing Disease: Then and Now
“In yet another display of his famous vanity, Lord Byron once wrote: ‘How pale I look!—I should like, I think, to die of consumption…because then the women would all say, ‘see that poor Byron—how interesting he looks in dying!’”
Understanding the Viciousness of Jordan Peterson’s Critics
“McManus and Hamilton have each written exceedingly unfair reviews of Jim Proser’s recent book Savage Messiah: How Dr. Jordan Peterson Is Saving Western Civilization.”
Slavoj Žižek’s “End of Capitalism” and the Coronavirus
“Written in the aftermath of the Great Recession, Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? echoed the bleak skepticism of Fredric Jameson and Slavoj Žižek, in arguing that it is easier to imagine an end to the world than an end to capitalism.”
The A.I. Challenge to the Free World
“Stephen Hawking, the renowned British physicist, brilliantly summarized the main problems associated with AI: ‘Whereas the short-term impact of AI depends on who controls it, the long-term impact depends on whether it can be controlled at all.'”
The Fraught Relationship Between Religion and Epidemiology
“Recently, renowned essayist Thomas Chatterton Williams has taken some heat for mocking a prayer session headed by Vice President Mike Pence in the White House amid the coronavirus outbreak.”
Mexican Women Protest Gender Violence, But Is the Government Listening?
“I cannot fathom the extent of their pain, of course, but I know that if something were to happen to my mother or my friends, I would burn everything until justice were achieved.”