Decision Makers
Here’s one more ingredient for my conceptual stew. In this post-2004 election piece for The New Republic, Christopher Hayes describes what it was like volunteering to knock on...
Venezuela's right-wing dictatorship
Katy says: I have been to Venezuela three times in the last year, and each trip brings a new insight into what is going on there, insights that...
Encyclical on the Nature of Human Liberty, 1888
Pope Leo XIII said: The end, or object, both of the rational will and of its liberty is that good only which is in conformity with reason. Since,...
Ten Blinding Insights of the Japanese Newbie...
Quico says: I suppose most people think learning a new language is about as much fun as dental surgery, but I’ve always liked it. I learned English when...
Philip Converse: The nature of belief systems in mass publics
Quico says: It’s been hard to find the time or the stomach to blog recently. (Somebody I know might have taken up the slack, but hasn’t…) Rather than...
Taking Ignorance Seriously
Jeffrey Friedman says: The most profound observer of political ignorance, Walter Lippmann, tackled […] the commonplace accusation that one’s political adversaries have evil motives. This is neither a...
Chavismo's Mirror Image
Quico says: Dear Katy, Actually, I’m not sure if we really agree, or, to say it more precisely, I’m not sure if we’re talking about the same thing....
How to debate when you agree
Katy says: Dear Quico, Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply to your previous post, but I wanted to take my time before answering what, in essence,...
On the sheer fucking hopelessness of the Abstentionist v. Participationist Debate
Quico says: Dear Katy, Thanks for your last post. I’ve been trying to think of a way to join the fray here, but it’s been hard to think...
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