Pride Parades and Respectability Politics
Etiquette norms regarding "good taste" and "decency" are just another tool used to stifle expression, encourage conformity, and police group identity.
Criticism of Israel, Media Focus, and Bias
Given all the other international conflicts, can anything but anti-Semitism explain the obsession with Israeli policies?
Justice Breyer and Strategic Retirement
We should take a minute to consider all that is being communicated in the push for Breyer to relinquish his post and step down?
“Politicians in Robes”: Neutrality in the Supreme Court
How can we maintain confidence in the Court given the politicization surrounding it?
UFOs and Hume on Miracles
Hume cautions us about believing others when their claims are unbelievable.
Automation in the Courtroom: On Algorithms Predicting Crime
The justice system's growing reliance on artificial intelligence threatens to remove human sensibility from sentencing.
A Challenge to Federalism: Mask Mandates and Subsidiarity
How do we find the proper division of labor between competing claims to authority by federal, state, and local bodies?
On the Weaponization of Forgiveness
Making a show of contrition operates as nothing more than a rhetorical device, whether we realize it or not.
On the “Canceling” of Liz Cheney
"During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition called war."
A Stark Divide: On Critical Race Theory in the Classroom
Why might race-based education be necessary for developing our youth into fully-fledged adults?