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Resisting the Totalitarian Power of Politicization 0
- Culture
- March 9, 2020
“People who live in the post-totalitarian system,” wrote Vaclav Havel in The Power of the Powerless, “know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are in power, and how these parties define and label themselves, is of far less importance than the question of whether or not it is possible
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What’s the Difference Between Pandemic, Epidemic and Outbreak?1
- International
- March 9, 2020
The coronavirus is on everyone’s minds. As an epidemiologist, I find it interesting to hear people using technical terms – like quarantine or super spreader or reproductive number – that my colleagues and I use in our work every day. But I’m also hearing newscasters and neighbors alike mixing up three important words: outbreak, epidemic
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Tariffs Work 0
- Economics
- March 9, 2020
For decades, American political discourse has largely operated within the spectrum of opinions voiced by the editorial pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. Opinions not embraced by one of these newspapers were unlikely to advance very far, and those voicing such unapproved opinions were, sooner or later, likely to be denounced
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Tulsi Gabbard’s Persistence is Nevertheless Annoying Her Party 0
- Politics
- March 9, 2020
With Senator Elizabeth Warren’s departure from the presidential race last Thursday, Tulsi Gabbard is officially the last woman standing in the Democratic primary. Small consolation as she clings to hope with only two delegates. Gabbard is the first Samoan-American voting member of Congress, but she nonetheless finished second in American Samoa’s Democratic primary, losing out to spendthrift
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Why Perfection Continues to Evade Society 0
- Culture
- March 6, 2020
Just a few weeks ago I was surprised to see a headline indicating American confidence had increased over the past few years. The following chart from a January Gallup poll gives a glimpse into that confidence: How quickly things change. As a friend recently told me, when everything looks good and optimism is up, that’s
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After Weinstein, the Rules of Intimacy Come Full Circle 0
- Culture
- March 6, 2020
The conviction of Harvey Weinstein at his recent trial on counts of third-degree rape and sexual assault was evidently a shock to him, but it is also very sobering for sexual libertarians in general. The field of uncommitted sex is now full of risks and safety seems to lie in a new revolution. The rewriting of the
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