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September 10, 2021
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September 8, 2021
Should We Read Adam Smith During Black History Month?
More than most of his contemporaries, Smith succeeded in recognizing the equal agency of individuals in the African diaspora.
October 7, 2019
The First Breath of a Philosopher: A Eulogy (Remembering David N. Mowry, part two.)
I have asked myself repeatedly what it was that made David’s courses so powerful.
October 8, 2017
Why can’t we legislate against guns? Some observations about American dysfunction.
If there is no place for debate about gun policy in the aftermath of the Las Vegas massacres, we have given up on the idea of politics itself.
November 21, 2016
Molli Bernstein died this weekend: death in the age of Facebook.
The internet keeps so many people at such a distance that it is hard to know when it is proper to try to make that divide smaller.
September 11, 2016
A sermon and an essay on the events of September 11, 2001.
Two essays in honor of the 15th anniversary on America.
February 22, 2016
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