Paul EvansA historical perspective. One among many.I hope we can all agree that it is hard to change someone’s mind using arguments if their understanding of history is very different from…Aug 6Aug 6
Paul EvansPolitics is dominated by people who are interested in politics. That’s a bad thing.A new year thought for you.Jan 2Jan 2
Paul EvansAnother heresy to be going on withI few of my recent posts have danced around a minor heresy that I promote. I’ve never heard the logical arguments against it, and I have a…Aug 7, 2023Aug 7, 2023
Paul EvansA fundamental truth that we dare not speakIn the near-ish future — maybe thirty or forty years hence — a historian may look at our current period of relative decline, poor…Aug 4, 2023Aug 4, 2023
Paul EvansFive rules of voluntary collective actionHere are five rules that I’ve drafted that I believe apply to voluntary collective action.May 10, 2023May 10, 2023
Paul EvansThe misdirection in the ‘elites’ discourse.There are respectable ways of knowing how things are run and who the beneficiaries are. Over-indulged misdirection about ‘elites’ isn’t one…Apr 11, 2023Apr 11, 2023
Paul EvansThe rights conferred by the membership of a political partyWe can probably agree that, if someone can exert power without responsibility or legitimacy, we have a moral duty to take it from them in…Apr 2, 20231Apr 2, 20231
Paul EvansThe time has come for Woke RevisionismSeeing as we all have to pick a side now, I’m wondering whether to go Woke or Anti-Woke? I’ve thought this through, and it looks like it’s…Jan 1, 2023Jan 1, 2023
Paul EvansBy not knowing who we are, we designed Putin.Often, when I see points that are made supposedly from a ‘pro-liberal democracy’ viewpoint, I’m reinforced in the view that liberal…Feb 22, 2022Feb 22, 2022
Paul EvansHow to defeat Cancel Culture.The key is to defend the independence of editors from all of their enemies. And those enemies are not all in The Woke Mob.Dec 22, 2021Dec 22, 2021