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  • 3 Tips from Aristotle on Fighting Loneliness

    3 Tips from Aristotle on Fighting Loneliness0

    Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and for many the day is a taunting reminder of what they feel is their unlovable, lonely state. According to one source, continual loneliness afflicts one-fifth of Americans. Such a statistic is quite saddening, but is it possible for individuals to pull themselves out loneliness? Aristotle might answer that question

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  • Twitter Doesn’t Realize that Protecting Hate Speech Promotes Tolerance

    Twitter Doesn’t Realize that Protecting Hate Speech Promotes Tolerance0

    Does freedom to speak in ways that others consider “offensive” or “hateful” threaten minorities or does it protect minorities? Before you answer, please consider one of the means by which abolitionists sought to change public opinion about slavery. In the 1830s abolitionists were using the U.S. mail in their campaign to end slavery. In 1835

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  • What is the Alt-Right?

    What is the Alt-Right?0

    A lot of ink has been spilt of late tying Donald Trump to the alt-right, a loosely affiliated group of far-right bloggers who champion white power and criticize mainstream conservatism. Some call the alt-right’s members ‘neo-fascists’; others label them “reactionaries”; and the more sophisticated commentators know them as ‘neoreactionaries’ in the army of the “dark

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  • Are We Living in a ‘Post-Truth’ World?

    Are We Living in a ‘Post-Truth’ World?0

    Among all the contentious outcomes of the US Presidential election saga – starting with the election of Donald Trump himself – one uncontroversial good has emerged: the global village has been awakened to the great importance of truth. This was highlighted yesterday when Oxford Dictionaries declared “post-truth” the word of the year. (Or, to tell

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  • How this Guy Got into Med School By Pretending to be Black

    How this Guy Got into Med School By Pretending to be Black0

    Even if you can’t remember his name (and who but an Indian could?), you may be familiar with Vijay JoJo Chokal-Ingam’s story as told in his recently self-published Almost Black: The True Story Of How I Got Into Medical School By Pretending To Be Black. The book is a fascinating personal story, but more important

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  • How Parents and Teachers Unknowingly Sabotage Young People

    How Parents and Teachers Unknowingly Sabotage Young People0

    In today’s Washington Post, Jeffrey Selingo notes that one of the promises that got Trump elected was his idea of bringing back the good, old-fashioned, hands-on manufacturing jobs. But as Selingo points out, this promise, like many others made on the campaign trail, is easier said than done – for both young and old. As

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