Kanye West and the Future of Black Conservatism
When black people are asked what they think about myriad race-related issues, their answers often deviate from liberal orthodoxy.
Coleman Hughes
· 7 min read
Politics
A collection of 718 posts
Towards a Cognitive Theory of Politics
A Cognitive Theory of Politics can improve our understanding of contemporary political movements, such as the protests happening on college campuses.
Stephen Messenger
· 16 min read
Reason and Reality in an Era of Conspiracy
Our memories are deeply fallible and highly suggestible.
Stephen T. Asma
· 12 min read
The Demise of Public Language
You are sick to death with the unrelenting abuse of language in public life.
Brian Russell Graham
· 6 min read
JFK Conspiracies Are Slowly Dying
Browsing responses to the recent release of assassination documents, this is where the best reporting and analysis can be found.
Craig Colgan
· 12 min read
Sex Through the Looking Glass
What began as a drive toward liberation thus becomes tyranny. What was normal becomes antisocial; what was malign becomes laudatory.
Howard Schwartz
· 5 min read
American Centrism Has Failed
Hillary Clinton was evidently a centrist all along, prizing vague pragmatism, hawkish foreign policy and entrenched norms instead of a unique political vision.
Alexander Blum
· 8 min read
How the Politics of the Left Lost Its Way
One important – and overlooked – effect was how it changed the idea of the term “Left” in political terminology.
Geoffrey M Hodgson
· 5 min read
Austria's Snap Election — The End of the Grand Coalition
The election on October 15 could see the FPÖ enter government for the first time in nearly 20 years. How did we get here?
Lindsay Mackenzie
· 9 min read
Universal Basic Income — A Threat to Tyranny?
In the suggested world of universal basic income, what puts pressure on the government to maintain democracy and political rights?
Shai Shapira
· 7 min read
Should Governments Outlaw Bad Child Names?
Unites States is hardly the only country that regulates child naming. Some, such as Portugal, have a list of government pre-approved names, so parents can choose from the list.
Eldar Sarajlic
· 7 min read
Against Fatalism: The Limits of Money in Politics
The poor could never rise to the top of Roman politics; the common people could never seize the political initiative; and it was axiomatic that the richer an individual citizen was, the more political weight he should have.
J. Andrew
· 4 min read
Three Sources of Political Polarisation
It is puzzling how smart people can diverge so much on political issues. Especially when their lines of reasoning are completely delineated, covering much of the arguments in dispute.
Jazi Zilber
· 3 min read