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The FCC shouldn’t kill net neutrality today, but there’s another simple way to save it: publicly-owned broadband.

A Public Internet Is Possible | Current Affairs
A favorite party trick of neoliberalism is claiming that whatever the public sector can do, the private market can do better. For the last three decades, the two major political parties have teamed with the corporate sector to inform us that government is a rusty machine: too burdened by red tape to...
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Roy Moore's defeat shows that there might still be some small amount of justice left in the world...

A Victory For Basic Standards Of Human Moral Conduct | Current Affairs
Last night was a test of an interesting political science question: is there any person so morally depraved that they cannot have a flourishing career in GOP politics? We already knew that you could literally be recorded talking about how much you love to sexually assault women and still become Pres...
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Donald Trump wants the U.S. to return to the moon. But before we go back to space, we should probably fix the Earth.

This Little Rock And All Who Sail On It | Current Affairs
One of the most (only?) sensible observations Ronald Reagan ever made has always been seen as one of his most absurd statements. In a speech to the United Nations, Reagan brought up the possibility of the world being overtaken by extraterrestrials:
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Can a career spent pursuing useless knowledge be morally justified? And which philosophical questions are actually worth spending time on?

The Questions We Should Ask And The Ones We Shouldn’t Bother Too Much With | Current Affairs
One of the most important, but least asked, philosophical questions is: which philosophical questions are worth asking and which are a waste of time? I think, as I argue in my (non-existent) academic paper “Can Philosophy Be Justified In A Time Of Crisis?” that there is a broad question of what ...
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In order to explore the universe, you must first eliminate capitalism…

This Little Rock And All Who Sail On It | Current Affairs
One of the most (only?) sensible observations Ronald Reagan ever made has always been seen as one of his most absurd statements. In a speech to the United Nations, Reagan brought up the possibility of the world being overtaken by extraterrestrials:
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Why political questions are more than mere "disagreements" and political opponents are not always just "people you disagree with."

“People You Disagree With” | Current Affairs
I hate the phrase “people you disagree with,” even though I’m sure I’ve written it more than once myself. First, it’s now overused, and every overused phrase should be immediately discarded. But I am also frustrated by the way it’s used in pleas for people to communicate productively abo...
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Why a recent "conservative solution" to the student debt crisis is, surprisingly enough, actually a terrible idea.

The “Conservative Solution” To The Student Debt Crisis Is A Disaster | Current Affairs
How do you solve the student debt crisis? This country has more than a trillion dollars of outstanding student debt, and dizzyingly high default rates among borrowers. In The American Conservative, Nick Phillips suggests that this is largely because we have failed to apply sound conservative princip...
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What kinds of practical changes would actually make the immigration system fairer?

What Would Humane Immigration Policy Look Like? | Current Affairs
In a previous article, “Can We Have Humane Immigration Policy?” I outlined what I believe to be a fundamental hurdle to real immigration reform: namely, the fact that Democrats have very few clear, long-term ideas of what “reform” should even look like. The right has a very straightforward r...
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Is Dinesh D'Souza right that Democrats are the real Nazis?
(No. It’s still the Nazis.)

Who Are The Real Nazis? | Current Affairs
What is sophistry? It’s a kind of slick pseudo-logic, a set of arguments that are superficially persuasive but deeply and dishonestly flawed. The hallmark of sophistry is the contrast between how much sense it seems to make and how little sense it actually does make when you stop to think about it...
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On whether restaurants are inherently unjust...

Service With A Smile | Current Affairs
I have always been uncomfortable in restaurants. I don’t like them. There’s something about being served that feels instinctively wrong. Why should I sit there doing nothing while somebody makes my dinner and brings it to me? Why should they have to clear my plate away? Shouldn’t I contribute ...
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The Republican corporate tax cut is the best argument yet for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign...

At Least They’re Not Even Pretending Anymore | Current Affairs
I’m not much for conspiracy theories, but I’m almost convinced that every Senate Republican is secretly working for the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign. They certainly seem to be doing everything possible to reinforce the image of the Republican Party as a gang of plutocrats committed to destroying...
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Why some people seem to be under the misapprehension that Ben Shapiro is intelligent and logical...

The Cool Kid’s Philosopher | Current Affairs
It’s easy to laugh, as some of us do, at the phrase “conservative intellectual.” When the most prominent public spokesmen for the right’s ideas include Milo Yiannopoulos, Charles Murray, and Dinesh D’Souza, one might conclude that the movement does not have anything serious to offer beyond...
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If you don’t apply your principles consistently, you don’t have principles at all…

The Blatant Democratic Hypocrisy on Sexual Misconduct | Current Affairs
Here’s something that shouldn’t need saying: if you claim to oppose some kind of conduct, but modify your stance on it based on whether the person who is engaging in it is a member of your political party, people will probably not believe that you are very sincere in your convictions. The test f...
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Journalistic resources should be spent on those whose voices aren’t already being heard…

Let’s Just Stop Writing Long-Form Profiles Of Nazis | Current Affairs
If you’d like to be the subject of a long, humanizing profile story at a major national magazine or newspaper, the quickest route to free publicity is to start espousing Nazism. In 2017, it seems as if literally every white supremacist in the country, no matter how inconsequential they are, is entit...
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