Modern Political Debate Follows a 200-Year Tradition
The argument between Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke never went away.
Ideology
American Lawmakers Can Learn From the UK's Ideological Politics
If only American politicians were as ideological as some say they are
Study Shows Smart Liberals, Conservatives, and Libertarians Are Easiest to Fool
We reason to persuade, not to find truth.
Half of the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong
A review of The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date by Samuel Arbesman.
A Trick of the Mind
Looking for patterns in life and then infusing them with meaning, from alien intervention to federal conspiracy.
