Fake news highlights the instability of monocultures
Diversity is about more than the humane tolerance of others, it is an evolutionary imperative. We will master a world of looser, more diverse cultural ties, or fall behind those who do.
Category: Culture
The world we face in 2018
Though many aspects of this emerging environment seem disturbing or disheartening, life for human beings is improving on nearly every measurable axis. Humans are freer, wealthier, healthier and happier than at any point in our evolution. It may not seem like it, but the world is getting better.
Don’t let Sessions harsh your buzz
If the Idiocrats in the Trump administration wanted to dent the marijuana business, it would take a carefully planned campaign, coordinated with sympathetic state level officials and executed with great care and discretion. That’s not how these people operate.
People who kicked ass in 2017
It may not seem like it now, but 2017 was a year rich in heroes.
A Political Orphan’s 2017 Reading List
It was a time for looking back, reflected in the presence of three historical counterfactuals in the reading list.
A Political Orphan’s playlist for 2017
Here’s a playlist that seems to sum up our year, starting and ending with Leonard Cohen.
A 2017 movie list for Political Orphans
Sometimes you’re just too angry to produce thoughtful insights. It’s not something I’ve experienced prior to the Trump era and I’m finding the experience very unsettling. Robbed of the ability to write sober material, it seems like a series of listicles might be a good pressure valve.
The ‘Trump Whisperers’ have a point
Racism is a central problem for white America, but our focus on white bigotry may interfere with our ability to recognize and address potentially disastrous political failures.
David Frum spies the bright spot in our Autumn of Shame
We might come through this crisis a better country and better people.
Thinking about the political impact of transience
What if your ability to vote in a presidential election was conditional on showing that you voted in the last city or county election?