The Spirit of Centrism
All too often legitimate conversations about policy preference devolve into accusations of moral transgression.
Bo Winegard
· 10 min read
Art and Culture
A collection of 718 posts
E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, One
The centripetal tendency, if unchecked, ends in a black hole, in narrow paranoia, in the life-denying singularity of fundamentalism or fascism.
David Lucas
· 10 min read
Misunderstanding a New Kind of Gender Dysphoria
What will it take for this contagion to be seen for what it is, so that its most damaging effects can be prevented?
Lisa Marchiano
· 11 min read
Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle: Science, Commerce, Freedom, and the Origins of Modernity
They witnessed the defeat of the Ottoman Turks at the siege of Vienna, ending a thousand years of implacable Islamic expansion.
Robert Darby
· 31 min read
The Pragmatic Case for Understanding Neurodiversity
If you’re easily offended, it’s hard to understand the world.
Shanu Athiparambath
· 8 min read
Why Can Comedians Be So Irritating?
Comedians poke fun at the absurd, unreasonable aspects of our thought, our behaviour and our societies so it is tempting to assume that they are rational themselves.
Ben Sixsmith
· 5 min read
The Rage Against Selective Outrage
Sometimes people use it to mean pretend outrage, in which people cry “crocodile tears” over things that don’t really upset them.
Spencer Case
· 7 min read
Kurds Need A Street: A (Classical) Liberal Case for Kurdistan
Western leaders and policymakers who bemoan the referendum can, if they choose, flatter themselves as “realists.”
Jonah Cohen
· 6 min read
The Brains Trust of Intersectionality
These might be two separate and superficially different incidents, but they are qualitatively very similar and underline the same cultural tensions that lead to these scenarios.
Sumantra Maitra
· 5 min read
Glenn Greenwald is Wrong Again on Charlie Hebdo
Having falsely established that Charlie Hebdo were just picking on Muslims, he can lay the charge of hypocrisy upon anybody that has ever objected to any other speech.
David Paxton
· 8 min read
Why Postmodern Art is Vacant
Yet, modern art is still portrayed as being avant-garde, defying trends, and sticking it to the establishment.
Jason Newman
· 10 min read
Defending Western History From Political Propaganda
Ben Sixsmith
· 5 min read
Genetics, Fear, and the Slippery Slope of Moral Authoritarianism
Many warnings were offered up to us about how well-meaning scientists and policy makers could slip into using genetic information maleficently.
Charleen Adams
· 9 min read
The Case for Psychedelics
Psychedelics are incredible tools whose significance lies in their ability to catalyze the power of the human mind for healing, creativity, and spiritual consciousness.
W. Keith Campbell and Brandon Weiss
· 14 min read
Centrism: A Moderate Manifesto
These common complaints might contain more than a kernel of truth, but centrism doesn’t need to be dull or incoherent.
Bo Winegard
· 11 min read