Archive for April 2011
This week’s articles of note
“U.S. military not happy over Libya,” The Daily Beast, by Leslie H. Gelb “On Libya’s revolutionary road,” The New York Times Magazine, by Robert F. Worth “What is Samantha Power thinking?” National Review, by Matthew Shaffer “More profits, fewer jobs,” Slate, by Annie Lowrey “Moving while black,” The New Republic, by John McWhorter “Steroids, baseball, […]
Reason versus emotion? It’s a false dichotomy
With its elevation of intuition over reason and the unconscious mind over rational thought, David Brooks’ new book is an explicit attack on Enlightenment values. It’s time we defended rationalism and passion. Read my review of The Social Animal, in the spiked review of books, here.
Libya: moral blackmail trumps political debate
In his address to the nation, Obama cynically elevated the moral imperative over ‘nasty’ political criticisms. Read my spiked article in full here.
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