Here is a nice antidote. (h/t Benny Goldberg)

There is a lot of controversy and protest among the students at Stanford University concerning what many are calling the mild punishment of a male undergraduate, found by a university committee to have been guilty of sexual misconduct and sexual assault using force.   The student will receive a five-quarter suspension, which will begin after he…

I originally intended Europe after Habermas and the Populist Surge,  to be a stand alone post and did not have any thoughts about promoting my own tentative views of European politics, and the appropriate theoretical references for discussion. It was just intended to be a timely account of the limitation of one approach to Europe and…

Philosophers on social media, blogs, and other platforms have been increasingly  discussing the Student Union ban on the Nietzsche Club at University College London  in the last day or so. Sorry I'm not providing links, because I'm not looking for an online rumble, but here are some links to news stories. The first thing to say…

Shortly after elections to the European Parliament, and in the midst of political jostling over the name of the next President of the Commision, is a timing that makes a post on European politics and  the idea of Europe  timely, though the issues are constantly with us and I suspect that problems in the European…

here. Its pretty damning.  The most appalling behavior, in my opinion, is the manner in which he threw the people below him under the bus to protect his fraudulent findings.

I just heard the news that Dr. Maya Angelou died today.  I had the enormous privilege to take a class with her as an undergraduate at Wake Forest, and it was a singular experience.  It was not just her elegant command of the classroom – though I’ve seen few others whose personal presence equaled hers…

Of course, the rise of fascism all across Europe has many causes and origins.  But is the monetary union pushing a critical mass over the edge in a dangerous way?

 There is a story told about “Breaking Bad”* and our healthcare system, and it goes like this: “Breaking Bad” demonstrates what’s broken (less so now with the ACA perhaps, but perhaps not) about the healthcare system in the U.S.  Walter had to go in the meth business in order to pay for his healthcare costs. …

One of the most frustrating things about getting married in the United States is that for two days you are surrounded by all of these old friends, but then with all the preparations and whatnot you have no time to have decent conversations with any of them. I used to think this was a significant…