November 30, 2015
On the Future Palestinian State
Almost everyone has by now accepted the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. The new Palestinian state would be created in the territory west of the Jordan River (the parties…
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November 30, 2015
Abortion and Killing in Defense of Others
Many people believe abortion is baby murder. (Here, I use the term “murder” to signify the morally wrongful killing of an being that possess significant rights.) I don’t agree that…
November 16, 2015
Amherst College Students One-Up Everyone Else in Ridiculousness
This is how Amherst College rolls. Other protest groups at other universities have done various things to violate other people’s right of free speech. (For example, one ridiculous professor…
November 14, 2015
Fantasy Football Is Not A Crime
Apparently, playing fantasy football is considered “illegal gambling” in New York. Some of the debate concerns whether fantasy football involves more skill than luck and thus whether it should count…
November 10, 2015
On being coddled in ideological cocoons
BREAKING: Country with ideologically self-contained news and opinion media networks, frequent hyper-segregation by race and class, ideologically homogenous churches or neighborhoods where no one knows anyone who goes to church,…
October 19, 2015
Ayn Rand’s “Philosophy: Who Needs It?” Is Bullshit
Ayn Rand’s “Philosophy: Who Needs It?” seems to some people to be a stunning defense of the value of philosophy. To me, it reads like polemical, hyperbolic nonsense. It’s bad armchair psychology.*…