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Reluctant Moderation
A publication about the need for moderation in politics and culture.
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
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Reluctant Moderation
Oct 4, 2021
West Virginia is a COVID Nightmare
And Governor Jim Justice’s recent interview shows why.
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
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Sep 22, 2021
COVID Schadenfreude is Poisoning All of Us
The desire to feel pleasure at the demise of the…
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
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Aug 10, 2021
COVID-19, Vaccine Hostility, and the Limits of Empathy
Why offering an understanding ear to the…
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
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Aug 5, 2021
Conservative Voices Don’t Belong in the COVID Conversation
It’s time that they sit down, shut up, and…
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
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Jul 11, 2021
The American Death Drive is Alive and Well
American vaccine skepticism reveals a dark strain to our…
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
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Jun 24, 2021
The Shock of Normality
What do you do, and how do you feel, when the return to normality isn’t what…
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Apr 22, 2021
The Anticlimax of Getting Vaccinated
My feelings at finally getting vaccinated for COVID-19 weren’t…
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
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Nov 27, 2020
American Death Drive
How Freud’s controversial concept of the death drive helps to explain Americans’…
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Dr. Thomas J. West III
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Oct 6, 2020
I Am Furious About Living in America
Despite his own infection with the coronavirus, President Trump’s…
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