Altruism: The Morality of Logical Fallacies
Sacrifice–Sacrifice–Sacrifice. Everyone believes it is the moral thing to do. And no philosopher has been willing to challenge this idea. Except Ayn Rand.
Notes on the Near Eastern Legacy of Islam
I just finished teaching an undergraduate university class on the Ancient Near East: 15 weeks on Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. I read as many original documents and modern histories–and looked at as much art–as I had time to do. I became intrigued by the...Preserving a Vision–at the Expense of the Facts
Despite the warm glow of self-satisfaction that the liberal vision confers on liberals, ugly facts keep intruding to undermine that vision. Some liberals eventually jump ship and defect to conservatism when the facts keep piling up too high to ignore.* This takes...The “Trickle Down” Left: Preserving a Vision
The New York Times of May 21 featured estimates of how much revenue the federal government is losing as a result of tax cuts, more than $50 billion over a five-year period. Meanwhile, a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal reported the government as receiving...The “Progressive Era”: Preserving a Vision
In Shelby Steele’s new book, “White Guilt,” he mentions an encounter with a white liberal who fiercely defended the welfare state programs and policies of the 1960s. “Damn it, we saved this country!” he all but shouted. “This...
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