What Alito’s flags say about American patriotism David Lay Williams - May 24, 2024 Tocqueville can still teach us about U.S. democracy.
Biden’s marijuana policy may change attitudes toward immigrants Melissa R. Michelson and Joe R. Tafoya - December 1, 2022 As states decriminalize cannabis, Republicans soften toward immigrants, our research finds
Three reasons the U.S. hasn’t passed more gun regulations (and one reason this time might be different). Eulalie Laschever and David Meyer - May 6, 2021 The NRA is in free fall.
Was slavery a ‘necessary evil’? Here’s what John Stuart Mill would say. David Lay Williams - July 30, 2020 Mill’s lesson: The winners in unjust systems always want the oppressed to assume their fate was inevitable.
What would Hobbes say about the pandemic? Governments should protect lives — and help the poor. David Lay Williams - May 17, 2020 When a government fails to take seriously its mandate to protect the lives of its citizens, it flirts with inviting violent revolution, chaos and mass casualties, in his view.
What 3 famous philosophers would think about the college admissions scandal David Lay Williams - March 27, 2019 Plato, Hobbes and Rousseau agree: Concentrated wealth and extreme inequality corrupt the rich and the ordinary alike.
Can the president be indicted? Let’s see what the Greeks had to say about the rule of law. David Lay Williams - December 26, 2018 [caption id="attachment_81978" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III
What Steven Pinker gets wrong about economic inequality — and the Enlightenment David Lay Williams - March 11, 2018 Steven Pinker’s new best-selling book “Enlightenment Now” has excited the reading
On Instagram, Louise Linton tried to shame her ‘adorable’ critics. Here’s what Rousseau would say about her Marie Antoinette moment. David Lay Williams - August 25, 2017 Upon disembarking a government plane in Kentucky this week, Louise
In Trump’s America, who’s protesting and why? Here’s our May report. Jeremy Pressman, Erica MacDonald, and Erica Chenoweth - June 26, 2017 [caption id="attachment_60339" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Rene Bermudez, second from left, looks