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December 19, 2013

The Tragic Situation

The complex and tragic nature of Israel’s situation deserves a robust and realistic moral assessment.
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Published on December 19, 2013 21:00

December 16, 2013

The Thought Leader

Examining the life cycle of a new intellectual paragon that has emerged to command our admiration.
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Published on December 16, 2013 21:00

December 12, 2013

Strengthen the Presidency

Washington is in a period of reform stagnation. Here is a way to fix the gridlock.
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Published on December 12, 2013 21:00

December 9, 2013

Thinking for the Future

What modes of thought will be most valuable in a future economy defined by machine intelligence?
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Published on December 09, 2013 21:00

December 5, 2013

The Irony of Despair

The rise in suicide rates prompts a sober confrontation of old and new questions around the will to overcome.
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Published on December 05, 2013 21:00

December 2, 2013

The Stem and the Flower

How much emotional and psychic space should politics take up in everyday life?
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Published on December 02, 2013 21:00

August 29, 2013

One Great Big War

Syria’s civil conflict portends a chilling prospect of a wholesale Middle East inferno.
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Published on August 29, 2013 22:00

August 26, 2013

The Ideas Behind the March

What Randolph, Rustin and King believed.
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Published on August 26, 2013 22:00

August 8, 2013

The Nudge Debate

Considering how mentally lazy most of us are, a little soft paternalism that forces us to choose what’s good for us is probably just what we all need.
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Published on August 08, 2013 22:00

August 5, 2013

The A-Rod Problem

Self-preoccupation seems to make it hard for supremely talented people like Alex Rodriguez to deal with their own talents.
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Published on August 05, 2013 21:27

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