Systems of government are not to be judged for their prophetic ability to choose and install good leaders and policies, but for their ability to remove bad ones that are already there.
Society
Why so many lies?
Why do lies emerge in such huge numbers and why do lies have such long half-lives?
Building a new religion
Fact-checking an authoritarian’s statements is a meaningless endeavor. What he says has no relation to epistemology.
Is Trumpism fascism?
A comparison of Trump’s policies and executive orders with a classic definition of fascism by Robert Paxton.
Guess who said this?
A very stable genius.
Social and instrumental normativity
Those who cannot explain themselves or cannot be moved by the reasons offered by others, those who are “deaf to” the persuasion of advisors, are rightly judged to be of diminished responsibility and are treated differently by law.
All bets are off
Outgoing US president voices hopes during Berlin visit that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will defend democratic values and rule of law.
Nation-level self-harm
On open debate versus the right not to be offended.
We are failing the mentally ill
Why is the healthcare system failing the mentally ill?
Go figure!
A Brexit paradox.