Author Archives: PaulVK

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/05/14/daily-202-trump-voters-stay-loyal-because-they-feel-disrespected/5af8aac530fb0425887994cc/?utm_term=.e82325bc682f

https://www.oecd.org/els/family/CO_4_4_Teenage-Suicide.pdf

When it came to “yes” or “no” about sex there used to be a simple rule. That rule was not easy to live by. Many found themselves breaking that rule, but that rule provided orientation in a very murky world. … Continue reading →

Scott Adams tells you how the Middle East is a mental problem, not a real estate problem. With real coffee. https://t.co/YxMJTT2uQ6 — Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) May 14, 2018

Acknowledging the Unacknowledged Legislators: From William Wordsworth to Kim Kardashian 1 Morality is a matter of emotional reactions or sentiments and those who can provoke those emotional reactions are those who can provoke those cultural norms. (Rather than objective external … Continue reading →

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/13/arthur-brooks-american-enterprise-institute-interview-218364 Brooks: I have a book coming out next year called The Culture of Contempt. We’ve created a culture of not anger, not disagreement, it’s contempt. And we need to strike back. We’re the majority. We don’t want this. Americans are being … Continue reading →

https://twitter.com/Matsamon/status/995745507669504000

Twitter is a place where if you're feeling annoyed, again, about a wild mischaracterization of your own beliefs, you can always scroll down a little bit and find someone claiming that Andrew Sullivan opposed same-sex marriage. — Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) … Continue reading →