Dec 7, 2017What a Real Middle-class Tax Cut Could Have Looked LikeLast week, the Senate Republicans passed their abomination of a tax bill, which is little more than a huge giveaway to their top donors and is sure to worsen the country’s already obscene income inequality. That didn’t stop the GOP from claiming that the tax cuts are really in the…Politics5 min read
Mar 25, 2017Paul Bloom’s Attack on Empathy Is a Dangerous Marketing GimmickLate last year, Paul Bloom, a psychology professor at Yale, published a book called “Against Empathy.” If you find the title provocative, that is undoubtedly the point. As Mr. Bloom himself suggests in the book (and in a number of strategically placed opinion pieces), empathy is a social and psychological…Empathy8 min read
Mar 10, 2017The Emotional Underpinnings of The “Political Correctness” BacklashDuring the last election cycle we have heard a lot about the “problem” of political correctness from the Trump campaign and its various backers and surrogates. Of course, long before the election, political correctness had become a favorite bogeyman among conservatives who pointed to it as a tool of the…Politics10 min read
Sep 18, 2016Not Republican or Democrat but Life and DeathWith the endless blaring of the election news cycle, it’s easy to get so accustomed to the noise that it loses any sense of urgency. An election can feel distant and abstract, or else it’s like a sporting event: my team against yours. You might get worked up about it…Politics5 min read
