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Baby Cornish
Jul 15, 20213 min read
Why Philosophy is not taught in America’s public schools… And why it should be!
Baby Cornish is an award-winning writer and scholar based out of the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. "The first duty of a man is to...
6,765 views
Dr. Stephen Davies
Apr 11, 20215 min read
A Second Fire Bell in the Night?
As the days pass and the minuscule attention span of the contemporary media moves on to the latest sensation, it is easy to forget...
1,576 views
Anna Lancaster Hedman, C.Hyp.
Apr 11, 20214 min read
Your Superpower: A Motivated Mindset
When wellness guru, Jay Shetty, interviewed Big Sean, for his podcast, I was struck by a comment the rap artist made.
1,832 views
Richard Arens
Apr 11, 20212 min read
Why Eton Isn’t a Problem
Hear the label Etonian and you picture a rich, entitled egoist who cannot be trusted.
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Keegan Lee-Ng
Mar 17, 20213 min read
‘Cancel Culture’ and the Deterioration of Individual Thought
Cancel Culture has now solidified as a term to describe the social trend of admonishing, expressing outrage and publicly shaming people ...
3,599 views
Matthew Raikes
Mar 17, 20214 min read
Classical Liberalism’s Golden Ticket
Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is gaining momentum. DLT is a peer-to-peer digital database that is shared across multiple devices ...
1,256 views
Chris Lloyd
Mar 6, 20216 min read
The Problem with Facebook. And How to Fix It.
The Fairness Doctrine was a 1949 policy that required holders of broadcast licenses (so TV and radio) to air contrasting views on controv...
958 views
Dr. Stephen Davies
Mar 2, 20217 min read
Can You Predict a Financial Crisis?
Dr. Stephen Davies is, among other things, Distinguished Fellow in History at the John Locke Institute. He is the author of The Wealth...
1,844 views
Alex Harrold
Feb 28, 20214 min read
I Am Greta
It is unsurprising that I’ve been getting a little restless during these lockdowns. I understand why lockdowns are vital; my mum is going...
1,139 views
Martin Cox
Feb 27, 20213 min read
I Think You're Wrong. Tell Me More.
Facebook decided to ban one of our ads this week. They didn't tell us why. The offending ad was an invitation to visit our new blog to re...
2,162 views
Bryan Caplan
Feb 26, 20213 min read
Loyalty Oaths Compared: An Orwellian Exercise
A key tenet of American’s civic religion is that the McCarthy-era persecution of Communists and Communist sympathizers was both paranoid ...
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Robin Koerner
Feb 26, 20214 min read
How to Get Lucky
I am sure that the point I shall briefly share in this blog post has been made many times and shared by many people before me. But I’d ne...
2,364 views
Daniel Hannan
Feb 23, 20213 min read
The Virus Has Killed the Liberal Order
Things won’t get back to normal. The political and psychological impact of Covid-19 will last for decades. The world into which we emerge...
16,717 views
Louisa Hadari
Feb 23, 20215 min read
Politicised Arithmetic
Recently I was looking over a GCSE maths exam with my brother and working through one of the word problems with him. Two sisters, Grace
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1,246 views
Martin Cox
Feb 23, 20214 min read
Listening to the Other Side
The general trend of history leans towards globalism. Over time differences in our identities and interests come to matter less and our ...
1,335 views
Dr. Stephen Davies
Feb 23, 20216 min read
Imagine There's No Countries
As international travel has become more common in the last fifty years more and more of us have had the experience of standing in line at...
4,178 views
Ethan Christian Tan
Feb 19, 20218 min read
Is Philosophy Like Science?
Science and philosophy share the fundamental goal of knowledge production. The former explains and predicts the material universe, and...
2,335 views
Robin Koerner
Feb 18, 20215 min read
The Common Objects of Our Love: Biden’s Inauguration Speech
I am not a Democrat. I am not a Republican. I am, however, an American – a status I spent 12 years of my life and tens of thousands of do...
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Nayah Victoria Thu
Feb 17, 20218 min read
Should We Care About Social Cohesion?
In a world where our common future looks increasingly uncertain, humanity needs a measure of collective potential: social cohesion. Using...
1,182 views
Michael Inwood
Feb 16, 202115 min read
In Praise of Scepticism
In ordinary conversation, a philosophical approach to life is often regarded as having a calm and resigned attitude to it, especially to ...
587 views
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