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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...
Baby Cornish
Jul 15, 20213 min read
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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...
Dr. Stephen Davies
Apr 11, 20215 min read
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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.
Anna Lancaster Hedman, C.Hyp.
Apr 11, 20214 min read
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Why Eton Isn’t a Problem
Hear the label Etonian and you picture a rich, entitled egoist who cannot be trusted.
Richard Arens
Apr 11, 20212 min read
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‘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 ...
Keegan Lee-Ng
Mar 17, 20213 min read
3,761 views
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 ...
Matthew Raikes
Mar 17, 20214 min read
1,291 views
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...
Chris Lloyd
Mar 6, 20216 min read
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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...
Dr. Stephen Davies
Mar 2, 20217 min read
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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...
Alex Harrold
Mar 1, 20214 min read
1,165 views
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...
Martin Cox
Feb 27, 20213 min read
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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 ...
Bryan Caplan
Feb 26, 20213 min read
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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...
Robin Koerner
Feb 26, 20214 min read
2,488 views
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...
Daniel Hannan
Feb 23, 20213 min read
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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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Louisa Hadari
Feb 23, 20215 min read
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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 ...
Martin Cox
Feb 23, 20214 min read
1,358 views
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...
Dr. Stephen Davies
Feb 23, 20216 min read
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Is Philosophy Like Science?
Science and philosophy share the fundamental goal of knowledge production. The former explains and predicts the material universe, and...
Ethan Christian Tan
Feb 19, 20218 min read
2,397 views
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...
Robin Koerner
Feb 18, 20215 min read
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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...
Nayah Victoria Thu
Feb 17, 20218 min read
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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 ...
Michael Inwood
Feb 16, 202115 min read
611 views
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