Nat Hentoff's lived a full life writing not only about jazz, but about the principles of a free society. Those topics may seem incongruous, but for Hentoff they were always interrelated. Continue Reading »
Will believers be freer to be believers under Trump than they have been for the past twenty-five years? Continue Reading »
More than seven decades have passed since philosophy held court on the world-historic stage, in the cafes and jazz halls of wartime Paris. For those who lament the decline of the “public intellectual,” this period richly serves the needs of nostalgia, conjuring chic melancholy, debates conducted in a tobacco haze, and the evergreen romance of La Résistance. Continue Reading »
The choice of Paula White to pray at Donald Trump's inauguration has little significance theologically but speaks eloquently of the state of the nation. Continue Reading »
Canadians cherish the contributions made by their immigrants, whom they have generally welcomed. But immigrants have come here not because Canada has no core political identity, but precisely because of Canada's core political identity. Continue Reading »
Our current political problems are rooted in the long and messy history of what makes politics, well, politics. Continue Reading »
I was taught in school that free trade was inherently good, because it provided the most efficient method of producing material goods and services, taking advantage of each country’s comparative advantage. But, what if our modern global economy has erased any notion that a comparative advantage exists today? Continue Reading »
More than any other politician, Clinton prepared the public for the devil’s bargain Trump would later make with his supporters. Continue Reading »
Thirty years ago, Lucy Suchman’s Plans and Situated Actions reminded us of the limits of our ability to control outcomes by careful, thoughtful planning. She analyzed the utter failure of early “smart” photocopiers to help people make copies. The designers and programmers of these “smart” . . . . Continue Reading »
The religious right turns out to be the people the religious right warned us about. The damage is not merely political. What’s most at stake here is the integrity of our gospel witness and our moral credibility. . . . . Continue Reading »
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