Praiseworthy Institutions
In which Nicholas Gruen and I discuss institutions that support human flourishing by limiting competition, rather than nudging people forward through self-interest.
Topic
Paying Attention
A collection of 6 issues
The Dimensions of Free Speech
The right's test for healthy speech — that it should somehow be "free" and unrestrained — is a weak diagnostic compared to the ideas of isegoria (equal speech) and parhēsia.
Alt-Politics in the Political Center
No one would be satisfied with a politics that was somehow halfway between the extremes of right and left, that wasn’t one thing or another. The center needs a positive definition. It needs its own direction. It needs to offer its own alternative.
What Does the New Popularity of Stoicism Mean?
Stoicism is a philosophical school — one with a long and complicated history — and which, for some reason has, after becoming increasingly popular over the last few years, attracted an even larger audience during the pandemic. Vice reports a significant increase in sales of stoic-related
How Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sent Courage Viral
How the courage of one person — to do, in a sense, only what he is expected to do — has lead to outsize consequences on the world stage.
Flattery in Politics: Mal Meninga vs King Lear
When I was a boy, my father sometimes told me the story of Cincinnatus, the
5th-6th century farmer who was twice appointed dictator of Rome, and who
voluntarily gave up his power both times. His restraint had supposedly been a
model for early American leaders like George Washington, who gave