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Why philosophers hate that ‘equity’ meme
If you want to annoy your favorite philosopher, one of the best ways to do it these days is to mention the “kids standing on boxes equity meme.” To call…
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Observations on the U.S. constitutional crisis
I’m a bit surprised that Pierre Trudeau’s famous “sleeping with an elephant” speech has not been getting more play in recent weeks:
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Moral Responsibility for Backlash
Is it a thing? Should it be?
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How Steve Bannon baited the American left into overplaying its hand
Although he’s not quite finished with us yet, I think it fair to say that Steve Bannon will be remembered for two things: first, his media management…
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Americans enjoy conflict
I have an old friend who is a drama queen.
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Key stages in the decline of academic Marxism
The fact that my previous post, on John Rawls and the death of Western Marxism, attracted several times more readers than anything I’ve previously…
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John Rawls and the death of Western Marxism
Back when I was an undergraduate, during the final years of the cold war, by far the most exciting thing going on in political philosophy was the…
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Combatting extremism
There is a natural temptation to believe that people who perform extraordinarily antisocial acts must possess some extraordinary motive for doing so.
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Racism: the harm reduction approach
Debates over racial justice on the left are dominated by two factions.
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U.S. Democrats need to discipline their own coalition
Sometime about halfway through the (first?) Trump administration I had a minor epiphany.
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A critical theory of (or for) America
Every so often someone will ask me what I think about the latest problems in American society.
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Canadians should think of higher education as an export industry
I need everyone to bear with me for a moment, because what I’m about to say makes perfect sense, but it sounds funny when you first hear it.
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