Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Gee, there’s a surprise (ht: Jackie Hadel): https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2020/05/09/coronavirus-reopenings-cocoa-beach-florida-cracks-down-litter/3104430001/ Would you trust your life to people who can’t even pick up their own…

Being out of school for half a year could change children’s relationship with formal expression.

Here’s a half-hour interview with me on Radio Felician University, on the pros and cons of online learning during the coronavirus crisis. I’m interviewed by two of my applied ethics students at Felician, Kiera Benson and Nicole Cacciatore (“Nicole Catch”). The interview aired  in late April. I find it ironic that after about a decade…

[…] Jersey, a well-known South Asian enclave. Her commentary on life in Jersey is perhaps a little more diplomatic and civilized than my blogging on some of the same subjects–straight factual reporting without editoralization or profanity-l…

[…] in 2016, I mentioned the work of my talented cousin, Sabahat Zakariya, at the time a graduate student in journalism and Near East Studies at NYU. Since then, she’s gotten her degree, and moved–of all places–to New Jersey. In…

Back in 2016, I mentioned the work of my talented cousin, Sabahat Zakariya, at the time a graduate student in journalism and Near East Studies at NYU. Since then, she’s gotten her degree, and moved–of all places–to New Jersey. In fact, she now lives a mere half hour away from me, which would be rather…

In reply to Brandon Christensen. So much of the libertarian movement is a freak show. I had to exit it, as much out of ideological disagreement as to escape the people in it. Obviously, many exceptions to the rule, but plenty to confirm the rule, as we…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Yes, the racist frat boy crank vibe seems to follow Tucker into every organization that employs him. (Ryan McMaken, who has Tucker’s old job at the Mises Institute, has done tremendous work cleaning up Tucker’s me…

In reply to mlyoung57. Since I don’t believe in moral luck, you basically get the same credit in my book. I don’t even have to issue a correction. I mean, I tried to get the facts right. LikeLike