#Cohesion

Klavan Squarebeard, tiny of head and great of soul

SpencerKlavan

I’m not defending the Western canon only on utilitarian grounds of social cohesion, because lots of people happen to have read certain books. I’m defending it because it is superior.

Brandon M.

NoJesuitTricks

The story of how the Word of God came to redeem man begins not with speech but with silence. Lancelot Andrewes seized upon this paradox of the Infinite becoming an

Michael A. Grinston

16thSMA

I signed this letter as a reminder of the oath I swore more than 32 years ago. The rights protected by the Constitution have been a personal guiding principle. The

B. A. Friedman

BA_Friedman

OK. I've chewed through enough of the #FortHood report to have Thoughts, but don't have enough time to write them up properly. Only thing to do is a thread rant.

(((Matthew Lewis))) fourplexes in yer parking

mateosfo

Some morning coffee thoughts on COVID, climate change, and Republicanism ...The challenge we face is that, as a species, humans are far more biologically adapted to tribal epistemology than rational/scientific

Peter Jukes

peterjukes

I'm an atheist. But unlike the zealous new atheists, I believe in freedom of religion, and - unlike Dawkins et al - can see the values of cohesion, hope, "the

Black Label Logic

Blacklabellogic

Currently mulling over, which would be better:Social media platforms with total free speech on a public utility model (no bans)OR Segregated platforms for various groups. Seems like the latter would

'wole

woleolabanji

Here are a two reasons why 'Northern Nigeria' appears to not have had ENOUGH.Thread.https://twitter.com/OoTheNigerian/status/1334766794431733761 1. EquanimityThe average northerner deals with tragedy (and this government has been tr

Risa Brooks

RisaBrooks12

I study armed forces in both democracies like the U.S. and non-democracies and often urge people to think about commonalities. Here are a few lessons from non-democracies for recent events

Michael Feathers

mfeathers

Sometimes I forget about things I've said that could be useful. 1/https://twitter.com/rajkatie/status/1353961778691133441 The idea behind this one is that you learn a lot about the quality of a design by

Brigid Laffan

BrigidLaffan

Not often I read something @Telegraph that I feel has to be taken on but Vernon Bogdanor’s opinion today is one such piece. Bogdanor is one of the leading scholars

Niall Gooch 👍🇬🇧🇻🇦🚅🏏✒

niall_gooch

This is instinctively jarring, but: I think there is a conservative case to be made for colourblind casting in historical drama.https://twitter.com/women_direct/status/1359954255516475392 To expand on this a bit: I absolutely agree

Louise Godwin

LouiseGodwin11

Great chapter by @BenGidley about ‘failing better’ when doing participatory research. So much to think about, including Gidley's call for researchers to create “contentious participatory spaces”... https://www.jstor.org/stable/j

Darel E. Paul

darelmass

The American Cultural Revolution is going to put to the test an interesting hypothesis advanced by @epkaufm in his excellent 2019 book "Whiteshift" (for my review, see below). 1/xhttps://www.firstthings.com/article/2019/11/the-fut

Your Friendly Butch Anarchist

butchanarchy

We need to plan and strategize not only for the threat of an impending coup attempt, but also for the very grave and real threat a Biden presidency will pose

Jupiter

JudithToday

So I have neen thinking about the solution to the critic of the left being "two online" because the problem the critque is one it is too vague to be

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