So if “doing what works” is a working definition of fascism, and an affinity for “doing what...
Philosophy
Only then can we have all the great ideological battles we have been wanting to fight but...
What we need as a society is more philosophy, more ethics, and better morality.
The term "Charm" isn't used all that much anymore, and to be honest the last time I...
When the supreme court of any country has to step in to settle a bitterly contested question...
Introducing the Lizard Control System.
Should we believe in falsehoods when doing so works better?
Celebrating Purim
This is the poem I try to remember to read every November 1st
Thinking about thinking about...
Gabriel Conroy examines the appeal to disbelief.
Pretty Much What It Says On The Tin
On the book "Eating Animals" by Jonathan Safran Foer and the act of eating animals.
Mob Violence, Heckler's Veto, and the Consent of the Governed
Knowledge, belief, credulity, close-mindedness, etc.: What to do, what to do... Perhaps nothing.
Wetting some of the fray over rights and responsibilities.
The book we all need to read... twice.
Guidelines for thinking about using ad hominem arguments.
Ad hominems probably aren't valid. But we can't get away from them, and we'll have to learn...
Sometimes mental illnesses have been metaphorically described as "demons." "Mental illness" may well be a metaphor too....
