I discuss my new paper on polarization and the rise of ethno-nationalist populism as overlooked side-effects of urbanization in this free-wheeling live chat.
That identity is complex is obviously true. And it’s obviously true that individuals with different…
I’ve been thinking a lot about authority for a number of reasons. I’m the father…
What is social justice anyway? The only way to start is to admit straightaway that…
Authoritarians get into power by understanding the mass psychology of perceived authority/legitimacy. They know it’s…
I agree with Ezra Klein here. And the insistence with which people attempt to draw…
This sort of brazen banana-republic goonishness is why I won’t even consider voting for, say,…
The sickness of my generation is a zealous attachment to “authenticity.” It is stultifying, oppressive,…
It is a precept of Athenian philosophy in the Socratic tradition that the impetus to…
My last post expressed some confusion over the Straussian identification of philosophy and reason with…