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  • What would Socrates do?

    What would Socrates do?0

    Surveying news headlines in recent years, it seems that cheating is rampant. In the athletic arena, Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for using performance-enhancing drugs. In business, some of the world’s largest banks have paid nearly $200 billion – the equivalent of the GDP of New Zealand – in

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  • What Would Really Happen If We End the US Department of Education?

    What Would Really Happen If We End the US Department of Education?5

    After the recent presidential election victory by Donald Trump, perennial calls to end the US Department of Education grew louder. With Republicans gaining control of the US Senate, and retaining control of the US House of Representatives as well, the prospect of eliminating the department became more plausible. But don’t hold your breath. When Trump

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  • What would Enlightenment Thinkers have Thought of Trump?

    What would Enlightenment Thinkers have Thought of Trump?0

    American democracy is feared to be under threat. Comparisons with the 1930s are rife, and Donald Trump is now routinely called a potential Hitler or Mussolini. But some of Trump’s Republican critics have found a different source of inspiration: the great philosophers of the Enlightenment, who have a good deal to say on the subject of

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  • What Will the Future Think of Us?

    What Will the Future Think of Us?0

    I love reading histories and biographies. Because of my interest in the past, a particular fantasy is pestering me. What if I could return from the grave in fifty years or more, and see what historians of the future might have written of the time in which I have lived, particularly the last 30 years?

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  • What Will Not Recover: Government

    What Will Not Recover: Government0

    What becomes of government credibility in the post-lockdown period? There are thousands of politicians in this country for whom this is a chilling question, even a taboo topic. The reputation of government was already at postwar lows before the lockdowns, with only 17 percent of the American public saying that they trusted government to do

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  • What Will Become of Cities?

    What Will Become of Cities?3

    Everyone was supposed to be back at the office by now. It’s not really happening, however, and this has huge implications for the future of the American city. Part of the reason is the cost, not only the finances of commuting but also the time. Another contributing factor is the crime and homeless population, which

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