The mystery of politics
Why do people vote for bad candidates? In some cases, they may be electing the lesser of evils. But there...
Moral Reasoning
I Want My Society Back
From early in my time as an adult, I’ve said hi to and smiled at strangers on the street. In...
Justice for Sherry Chen
In recent years, the US government has focused its attention on Chinese espionage. Here is one example: Chen was arrested...
Money to burn?
I recently left Czechia, and I’ll probably never return to that country. (Not because it’s not worth revisiting, but I...
Tell the truth (lessons from Iran and Iraq)
By early 1980, the US had decided that Iran was a much greater threat to world peace than Iraq. That...
Better call a rules utilitarian
I’ve been watching the Netflix TV series “Better Call Saul“, which can be seen as a defense of rules utilitarianism.The...
Tolerance Does Not (Necessarily) Equal Approval
If you’re a certain kind of nerd who follows a certain kind of blog roll, you’re probably familiar with Scott...
Are Chinese nationalists woke?
Obviously not, but it’s worth considering why they are not. In America today, the woke are mostly known for two...
Solidarity
Some economic models rely on the assumption that people are entirely selfish. But these models tend to be internally inconsistent,...
The Right of Revolution
Whether a right of revolution exists, whether a revolution will happen, and whether it will be successful are three different...
