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Sophie Cunningham and the Philosophical Reason Bodies Matter
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Philosophy
- August 25, 2026






When the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines first proved their efficacy, preventing nearly 95 percent of coronavirus infections in those who got the shots in test trials, a vexing issue immediately arose. Who should get priority in receiving these life-saving shots? Generally speaking, the answer, while differing slightly from state to state, was that those most
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In his book Economics in One Lesson, Henry Hazlitt makes a famous distinction between good and bad economists: The bad economist sees only what immediately strikes the eye; the good economist also looks beyond. The bad economist sees only the direct consequences of a proposed course; the good economist looks also at the longer and indirect
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What has gotten into the water in Virginia? The commonwealth has quickly gone from a purple-state battleground to embracing a kind of left-wing extremism that makes California seem almost normal by comparison. The latest insanity comes from Loudoun County, where the school board is set to vote on a radical new code of conduct policy
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I’m convinced our higher education system has lost just about every shred of common sense it had. Sure, there are pockets here and there, but that seems to be the exception rather than the norm. The latest example of this lack of common sense occurred the other day at the University of Virginia. In an
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Utopias are idealised visions of a perfect society. Utopianisms are those ideas put into practice. This is where the trouble begins. Thomas More coined the neologism utopia for his 1516 work that launched the modern genre for a good reason. The word means ‘no place’ because when imperfect humans attempt perfectibility – personal, political, economic
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For parents in Utah, it is now legal for their children to walk or bike to and from school without an accompanying adult. They can also let their kids play outside unsupervised, and be allowed to stay at home unattended. These newfound freedoms are the result of the “Free-Range Parenting Bill,” unanimously passed by the
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