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Dec 7, 2022

Podcasts Do Not Make Good Books

A Review of Iconoclast: Ideas That Have Shaped the Culture Wars — Peter Boghossian, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Nicholas Christakis, Heather Heying, Gad Saad, Coleman Hughes, Steven Pinker. These are just some of the names of contributors to Iconoclast: Ideas That Have Shaped the Culture Wars*, so those interested in the culture war will be eager to consume the ideas by so many…

Culture War

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Podcasts Do Not Make Good Books
Podcasts Do Not Make Good Books
Culture War

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Jul 19, 2022

Conservatism: A Review

A liberal, atheist review of Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony — Yoram Hazony’s new book, Conservatism, a Rediscovery*, is part rediscovery, part validation, and part failure to discover—for me at least. This book will be good and bad at different parts depending on the reader’s current beliefs and how strongly they’re held. Thus, a little of my background is in order. …

Political Science

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Conservatism: A Review
Conservatism: A Review
Political Science

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Published in The Bigger Picture

·Mar 1, 2022

Defending the Weak Against the Strong

The moral argument for the U.S. defense of Ukraine — Russia has just invaded Ukraine. This was preceded by many very clear indicators. There has been much debate in America and elsewhere as to the level of the threat and what the U.S. and NATO responses should be. The geopolitics of Russia, Ukraine, NATO, the Soviet Union and its downstream…

Ukraine

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Defending the Weak Against the Strong
Defending the Weak Against the Strong
Ukraine

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Published in ILLUMINATION

·Nov 17, 2021

Political Reform 2: Reconciliation

An idea that would make our elected officials actually represent what we want — This essay is one of a series, you can see the previous one here. When someone is elected to an office in most US systems, they are supposed to represent a whole bunch of people who didn’t vote for them. Almost no candidate gets the vast majority of their constituents’…

Politics

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Political Reform 2: Reconciliation
Political Reform 2: Reconciliation
Politics

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Apr 17, 2021

A Letter to the Critical Theory Skeptics Group

Examining Very Influential Ideas, and How to do so Properly — The following is a letter to the members of a Facebook group I help manage. The group is small and relatively new, but the viewpoint diversity of its membership is quite remarkable, as is the level of intellectual discussion. Facebook is not a good forum for long essays, and I…

Social Media

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A Letter to the Critical Theory Skeptics Group
A Letter to the Critical Theory Skeptics Group
Social Media

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Published in The Bigger Picture

·Jan 20, 2021

Challenges to Democracy

The good things that frustrate democracy, and how to have them all — “And what, I said, will be the best limit for our rulers to fix when they are considering the size of the State and the amount of territory which they are to include, and beyond which they will not go? What limit would you propose? I would allow the State…

Democracy

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Challenges to Democracy
Challenges to Democracy
Democracy

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Published in The Bigger Picture

·Jan 7, 2021

‘We the People’ Have a Problem

Violence in the U.S. Capitol is not a Right or Left problem. It’s a We problem. — The protest and violence at our nation’s Capitol yesterday should worry us all. No, not because “the right” is getting bolder. It is because the United States of America is diminished because of these events. If you’re an American citizen or someone who benefits from American stability you should be…

Protest

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‘We the People’ Have a Problem
‘We the People’ Have a Problem
Protest

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Published in The Bigger Picture

·Dec 22, 2020

Why “Lived Experience” Is a Poor Basis for Knowledge

Recently, the term “lived experience” has become popular as a way of knowing or understanding things. This idea actually conflates two things. First is the understanding that we all operate in the world together and therefore need common frames of reference to interact and communicate with each other. The second…

Culture

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Why “Lived Experience” Is a Poor Basis for Knowledge
Why “Lived Experience” Is a Poor Basis for Knowledge
Culture

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Published in The Bigger Picture

·Dec 2, 2020

What Is a Motte & Bailey?

A popular deceptive tactic you should be aware of — The motte and bailey as a form of argumentation is a rather recent phenomenon. It has been used to great effect by some people talking about today’s hottest topics. It’s important to learn how to identify it and understand how it works. Once you do, you’ll spot the tactic easily…

BlackLivesMatter

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What Is a Motte & Bailey?
What Is a Motte & Bailey?
BlackLivesMatter

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Published in The Bigger Picture

·Nov 19, 2020

What is the Overton Window?

How topics become more or less acceptable to discuss — If you follow politics, you’ve probably heard of the Overton window. If not, you’re probably familiar with the concept, and it’s useful to have it laid out clearly and classified with a term you can refer to. The Overton window, put as simply as possible, is the range of acceptable…

Politics

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What Is the Overton Window?
What Is the Overton Window?
Politics

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Craig Carroll

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Retired US Marine intelligence analyst and martial arts instructor. Managing Editor at 2ndLook.news.

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