Foxes and Hedgehogs
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The philosopher Isaiah Berlin starts his 1953 essay, “The Hedgehog and the Fox,” with this perplexing proverb attributed to the Greek poet Archilochus. Berlin... Read more.
What Killed Informed Consent?
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In more and less formal ways, COVID was the tool that transformed our supposedly inalienable right to make informed choices about our private lives into a public... Read more.
Where Are We Now?
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I learned how easy it is for us to betray one another and how COVID exposed the fault lines in our relationships. But I also saw humanity all around. I saw hugs... Read more.
Do You Matter?
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Do facts matter? Of course they do. But facts, alone, will not answer the questions we really care about. The real ammunition of the COVID war is not information.... Read more.
Why Is Our Education System Failing to Educate?
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Out of these early universities was born the concept of liberal arts — grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy — studies which are... Read more.
If We Only Knew
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Moral endurance is a problem these days. Empathy is low, and not just on the pro-narrative side. I don’t know about you but the feeling I can’t quite ignore... Read more.
What If the Truth Never Comes Out?
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Anecdotes of the harms of the last two years are palpable but ignored. Patients complain of symptoms their doctors won’t acknowledge. Citizens tell stories the... Read more.
The Real Reason Vaccine Mandates are Wrong
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Vaccine mandates are wrong not because they fail to generate a net benefit or because the risks to vaccinated persons outweigh public health benefits (though both... Read more.
Are We Falling as Rome Did?
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If our civilization collapses, it won’t be because of an outside attack, like Bedouin charging in from the desert. It will be because of those among us who, like... Read more.
Coercion on Campus Stops When Students Say No
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What can you do as an individual against a multi-million dollar institution full of important people with doctorates? What if you get cancelled? What if you lose... Read more.
Why Did Covid Enforcement Target Religion?
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Religious persons today are a threat, but not to public safety as the narrative instructs us. They are a threat to the idea that the state is to be worshipped above... Read more.
Canada’s Inferno of Incivility
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Civility is not conformity. It is not agreement per se, but rather how we handle our disagreements. A society made up of identical citizens speaking and thinking... Read more.