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Schools Should Embrace Pluralism, not Neutrality
As with every federal election cycle, educators and administrators are once again engaging in conversations about neutrality in our schools. Should teachers discuss elections? Should they say anything that might seem to agree with one side or the other in … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Political Commentary, Political Philosophy, Teaching Memos
Tagged administrators, civics, commitments, education, educators, moral commitments, moral pluralism, Morality, morals, neutrality, pluralism, political pluralism, school values, schools, social mores, Social Norms, social stability, teachers
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The Bomb, Duck-and-Cover Drills, and You (today, right now)
Burt the Turtle is getting old enough that he requires an introduction where for a long time none would have been needed. In the 1950s through the 1980s, there existed a real threat that everything on Earth would end in … Continue reading
Antidisestablishmentarianism.
Antidisestablishmentarianism. I’ve always wanted to have use for this longest-of-words word. When I first overheard it spoken – probably by my elders in mere cynical derision of overwrought terminology – I was in the fourth grade. I understood only two … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Political Commentary, Political Philosophy, Rough Ideas and Arguments
Tagged anti-intellectualism, antidisestablishmentarianism, caution, conservativism, democracy, democratic republic, democrats, election 2016, establishment, expertise, governance, government, Political Philosophy, Politics, presidency, president, presidential elections, republicans, the establishment, vice, virtue
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Considering the Sundance Film, Settlers
Here’s a thought that I’ve never had before, and I’m wondering if historians have ventured into the territory: we cannot psychologically distinguish between Hitler, exterminator-of-millions, and Hitler, political force. But there’s a benefit to reading Hitler’s politics, including his seizure … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Philosophy, Political Considerations, Political Commentary, Rough Ideas and Arguments
Tagged apartheid, democracy, democratic republic, documentary, expansionism, film, foreign film, gaza, gaza strip, hitler, IS, Israel, jewish, Nationalism, Nazis, Political Philosophy, Politics, Sundance, UN, War, west bank, zionism, zionists
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Why People Are So Confused This Election (and how to avoid it in the future)
At no point in the 2020 Presidential Election process were things uncertain or unclear, and at no point were things too close to call (or close in almost any sense). But we’re convinced (I have a hard time avoiding this … Continue reading →