Category Archives: Binary thinking

Chants at Columbia U

Have Students Stopped Reading? Thoughts on Some Protesters’ Outrageous Chants

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Source here I get why social justice-oriented college students are furious with Israel.  (I am, too.) I get why they are protesting to support Palestinians’ right to an independent homeland.  (I support that, too, though the boundaries are up for negotiation.) While I find it a deeply offensive, emotion-based tactic,

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Gun Safety is a Philosophical Issue

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YES to far more sensible gun-purchase background checks and restrictions. YES to more comprehensive mental health treatment options. It’s not EITHER-OR. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point that one of these strategies is assumed to exclude the other. (By “we,” I’m referring to the U.S. More on

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