Michael Sandel wrote in the Atlantic back in April that we as a society have allowed markets to play larger and larger roles in our lives without evaluating whether that role is desirable. Here is a brief excerpt: As a result, without quite realizing it—without ever deciding to do so—we drifted from having a market … Continue reading
People today struggle to understand lots of other people’s worlds. Democrats do not understand Republicans, who in turn claim rather famously that Democrats are trying to take over the country–how evil. Political commentators all over the place are noting how this era of politics has been so divisive, so polarized. The Pew Research Center released … Continue reading
I am fascinated by politics. (Perhaps the understatement of the year.) If we are ever presented with another area of human life where ethics, morals, philosophy, ideology, religious views, and economic theory all get together to have nice little demon children, then I would be just as fascinated with that aspect of human life as … Continue reading
Over the past couple years, I’ve gone to a number of film festivals. In this time, I’ve seen a good number of documentaries about important topics. Some of those topics range from food insecurity in the United States (see the above hungry girl in Finding North), to a critique of the fee-for-services system of health … Continue reading
I bought a new laptop recently, and I spent last weekend reinstalling Windows 7, testing features like the webcam, marveling at how fast it is, and basically cackling gleefully every ten minutes. My previous laptop was eight or nine years old. It was good for email, internet surfing, and if I was feeling daring enough it could … Continue reading
Now the question in the title is a little sneaky. I don’t mean whether opinions actually do anything. Taken quite literally, opinions do absolutely nothing on their own. The question that I’ve been struggling with for the past half a week or so is as follows: Do we, responsible people of the world, have an … Continue reading
