Nick’s Coconut-Lentil Soup Recipe

Nick’s coconut-lentil soup 2 yellow onions 4 cloves garlic 2 tbsp cooking oil (grape seed, veggie, olive) 2 cups lentils…

Everyone Gets Government Money Eventually, so What’s So Special about College Debt Forgiveness?

My initial reaction to Biden’s announcement of student loan forgiveness was to have no reaction: Since then, I’ve heard…

August 2022 I was recently asked by a grad student for pointers on giving a presentation, so here we…

Background: on May 13, 2022, the self-described “post-liberal” conservative Patrick Deneen appeared on Ezra Klein’s podcast. He got some things…

Abortion has remained America’s most intractable political issue because it defies compromise. If you believe that abortion is the murder…

What I’ve read, more or less in order of preference: 1) Earth Abides (plague) 2) Alas, Babylon (nuclear war) 3)…

Area studies (ethnic studies, gender studies, and the like) are magnets for criticism. These are the fields harboring the…

Almost 70 percent of Americans (including a bare majority of Republicans) want to ban new assault weapons sales, but…

In a recent podcast, journalist Cathy Young drew an unlikely comparison between libertarian icon Ron Paul and the Soviet Union:…