Author: Vikram Bath

Cutting back on space exploration won’t help the poor in developing nations much.

Where do bossy women come from?

Vikram takes another analogy past its failure point.

Vikram thinks you should stay away from snakes.

Vikram urges caution for those who seek to abolish tenure.

The New York Times should look inward next time it wants to expose slimy business practices.

Tim’s Vermeer is more memorable for its of an amazing contemporary man than for the unraveling of the secrets of a 17th century painter.

The present is not so bad!

Moral considerations may not be the best reason not to buy a German car.

Most people who assert moral rights assert them in lieu of actually making an argument for whatever they are supporting.

Don’t underestimate how important it is for a victim to appear faultless.

Vikram speculates on the thought processes of Michael Brown and the police officer who killed him.

Asking a question creates a parallel universe in which certain facts cannot be questioned. That might not be a good lesson to bring back to our world.

Corporations should not hold themselves to a higher tax standard than the law requires of them.

Vikram describes the problem of cascading meanings and why there are some things you can’t say just because they are true.

Vikram is sick of warnings. Either that or tumors.

Nothing will stand in the way of a good hardship narrative, not even an absence of actual hardship.

Professionals can get things wrong, but that doesn’t mean you’ve got it right.