November 28, 2016

A reporter wrote an article about me and got an antisemitic email in response.

America is at a crossroad right now. Do we go down the road of passive acceptance and fear, or do we go down the road of truth, mutual respect, and fighting for what’s right?

November 27, 2016

No, students who sought counseling after the recent presidential election are not "precious snowflakes."

Why would they turn around and belittle those who feel the awesome power and intimacy of political decision-making?

November 22, 2016

The author of this blog has just been put on a watch list for having “anti-American values.” Here is how you can help.

It has been a heck of a week .

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.

November 17, 2016

The antisemitic email I just got and my response to it.

Lies are easy to tell. Truth is long, complex, and tiring.

November 13, 2016

Telling people to just chill-out about Trump and love one another, is bad advice and philosophically incoherent

The presidency is not a game.

November 7, 2016

My Final Statement on Donald Trump

If you vote for Donald Trump, we can’t be friends.

November 3, 2016

[PSA] Yelling is not an argument; insults are not evidence.

Yelling is not an argument; it is a form of violence.

October 30, 2016

The rarely-used word that would describe a Trump presidency

Trump will simply consider the national interest his own personal bottom line, asking not “What is good for the country?” but “What is good for me?”

October 10, 2016

How should we think about moral relativism?

Some cultures eat horse meat, others make children work, others have caste systems, while others publicly display their own sex acts. Are these just preferences or can they be evaluated from an objective standpoint?

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A reporter wrote an article about me and got an antisemitic email in response.

America is at a crossroad right now. Do we go down the road of passive acceptance and fear, or do we go down the road of truth, mutual respect, and fighting for what’s right?

No, students who sought counseling after the recent presidential election are not "precious snowflakes."

Why would they turn around and belittle those who feel the awesome power and intimacy of political decision-making?

The author of this blog has just been put on a watch list for having “anti-American values.” Here is how you can help.

It has been a heck of a week .

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.

The antisemitic email I just got and my response to it.

Lies are easy to tell. Truth is long, complex, and tiring.

Telling people to just chill-out about Trump and love one another, is bad advice and philosophically incoherent

The presidency is not a game.

My Final Statement on Donald Trump

If you vote for Donald Trump, we can’t be friends.

[PSA] Yelling is not an argument; insults are not evidence.

Yelling is not an argument; it is a form of violence.

The rarely-used word that would describe a Trump presidency

Trump will simply consider the national interest his own personal bottom line, asking not “What is good for the country?” but “What is good for me?”

How should we think about moral relativism?

Some cultures eat horse meat, others make children work, others have caste systems, while others publicly display their own sex acts. Are these just preferences or can they be evaluated from an objective standpoint?