Adrian RuttOn 13 ReasonsSocrates: And is he not better off in respect of the matter which he did not know?May 17, 2017May 17, 2017
Adrian RuttBerkeley, Milo, & Free SpeechI let myself digest the U.C. Berkeley situation a bit before jumping to any conclusions — something I think we all ought to do a little…Feb 20, 2017Feb 20, 2017
Adrian RuttinThe ConversationalistOff the Cuff: Is radicalism necessary? Have we gone too far?Two questions have been bugging me in the wake of Trump, campus protests, campus riots, the Women’s March, etc. The first is my title: “Is…Feb 4, 2017Feb 4, 2017
Adrian RuttinThe ConversationalistA Note on Criticism“Critics, in their secret hearts, love continuities, but he who lives with continuity alone cannot be a poet.” — Harold Bloom, The Anxiety…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Adrian RuttinThe ConversationalistFrom conversations to letters to treatisesThe primacy of conversation can also be seen in the derivative forms in which the relation between question and answer is obscured…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Adrian RuttinThe ConversationalistCredulity & Close-MindednessI’m finding it harder and harder to believe anything said on the internet by anyone or put out by any news, blog, or journalism outlet. And…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Adrian RuttinThe Conversationalist“What happened to the public intellectual” is the Wrong QuestionThe New Statesman recently published an article whose questioning title is as interesting as it is hard (or pointless) to answer: “Whatever…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017