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- Podcast #270: ‘The Politics of the Academy Have Been Defeated’ February 1, 2025Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Yale English professor-turned-essayist William Deresiewicz, who argues that Americans—many Democrats included—are fed up with campus-style progressive radicalism.Quillette
- Evolutionary Psychology in the Humanities: Shakespeare’s Othello January 31, 2025Othello and Iago represent two enduring behaviours whose conflicts have shaped much of humanity’s theory of mind and moral emotions to the present day.Helen Pluckrose
- The Open Society and Its New Enemies January 29, 2025What Karl Popper’s classic can teach us about the threats facing democracies today.Matt Johnson
- Podcast #270: ‘The Politics of the Academy Have Been Defeated’ February 1, 2025
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- Mamie and Other Van Dorens January 31, 2025Reader mail on Mark Van Doren, Carl Van Doren, Mamie Van Doren, et al.Jay Nordlinger
- Shakespeare with Van Doren January 31, 2025On learning from the legendary professor Mark Van Doren (1894–1972).Jay Nordlinger
- Butkus, Baugh, Et Al. January 29, 2025Reader mail on Dick Butkus, Sammy Baugh, Maria Callas, and more.Jay Nordlinger
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Category Archives: Politics
Ben Sasse Interviewed by Peter Robinson
In the video below Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution interviews Senator Ben Sasse (R,NE) about his latest book, entitled “The Vanishing American Adult”. In 2016 Sasse announced that he would not support Donald Trump for President if he won … Continue reading
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Kim Strassel on the Coronavirus, the Media and Donald Trump
Kim Strassel, an unapologetic defender of capitalism, is a Princeton educated author and journalist who writes for the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal. In the video below she is interviewed by Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, COVID19, economy, Hoover Institution, Kim Strassel, lockdown, Peter Robinson, politics, public policy, Trump, Wall Street Journal, WSJ
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A Conversation with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. He is also a PhD economist and research associate at at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. … Continue reading
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Joe Biden: Super Hero
It is hard to imagine that anyone could figure out a way to be more juvenile and petty than Donald J. Trump. But the Democrats have managed to do it. They are going to blame the COVID19 crisis on Donald … Continue reading
What Do We Really Know about COVID-19?
A fascinating conversation between Reason Magazine’s Nick Gillespie and Science Correspondent Ron Bailey. See below. JFB
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Tagged Corona Virus, Covid-19, Libertarianism, Nick Gillespie, pandemic, Public Health, public policy, Reason Magazine, Ron Bailey, Science
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Why is there a Shortage of Medical Equipment to Fight COVID-19?
Gary Becker, a Nobel Prize winning economist from the University of Chicago was once asked what government’s mainly produces. “Lines” he replied. So here we are in March 2020 with the economy screeching to a halt and citizens staying in … Continue reading
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Tagged bureaucracy, Corona Virus, Covid-19, health care, John Stossel, pandemic, Red Tape, video
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Democrats are Behaving Disgracefully
For the second time in 2 days the Democratic caucus in the Senate voted unanimously (except for Doug Jones, D. AL) to refuse to allow a vote by the full Senate on a $2 trillion bill designed to cushion the … Continue reading
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Judge Napolitano on Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and the Constitutional Order
With each passing day the failure of the welfare state to accomplish its stated objectives becomes more and more obvious. Needless to say failure hasn’t dimmed progressive enthusiasm for the politics of command and control. The progressive project, still lauded … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, freedom, Judge Napolitano, Libertarianism, Nanny State, Nick Gillespie, Reason Magazine, Teddy Roosevelt, welfare state, Woodrow Wilson
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The Narrative
One of the more disheartening developments in what we laughingly call public debate has been the extraordinary emphasis placed on “the narrative”. The whole point of “the narrative” is issue framing. Instead of facts like who, what, where, why and … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Corona Virus, Covid-19, emergency, health care, narrative, politics, President Trump, Reason Magazine, virus
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Are the Brains of Men and Women Different?
JFB
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