Every medium and every change in technology generates new fears about the same old problem—the human tendency to ideological and political theater born of our inevitable and incomplete understanding.
Tag: Socrates
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Judith Butler, Gender Sophist
Judith Butler has made out of her gibberish a lifelong, well-paid gig, and she endeavors to advance her own radical worldview through her sophistical skills.
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Logos in the Land: “Can We Talk?”
Donald Trump’s unusual verbal skill, accurately labeled “the weave” during the campaign, gives Americans hope of making reasoned political speech great again.
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Son of Tocqueville, Socrates, and Holmes
If Alexis de Tocqueville, Socrates, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., could be combined, such a person would be like Philip Howard. His Everyday Freedom is a well-timed neo-Tocquevillian polemic.
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When the Cure Is the Poison
John Agresto is full of ideas about what needs to be done to fix the broken liberal arts tradition. Unfortunately, his proposed plan won’t work—they're too liberal.
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A Stubborn Love of Honor
For the Ancient Greeks, the concepts of courage and honor were indivisible. Both are necessary to fight for what is most important.