And the dangers of a compassion shortage. — In a multicultural democracy, hatred is easier to point out and combat than indifference. Indifference is a much more palatable and much less visible form of dehumanization. Erasure by indifference is insidious. Indifference directly enables hate. For every hater, there are several more decent yet indifferent people that permit that hate to continue, excused and unchallenged in their communities and halls of government.

How PhD’s are betraying American intellectual culture. — Something puzzles me about all those proud PhD holders in their ivory towers. Several somethings, in fact. If they all read the same books, how similar must their thoughts be? How can they affect the world when all of their creations are only seen by fellow specialists, the only people…

The winner of this election is undeniable: fear. — Fear drove ordinary voters (not “deplorables”) to make choices at the polls that have had the effect of terrorizing half the country. Voters from the winning team brought their fears with them to the polls. They passed that fear on to the other half of the country, shrugging off their…