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Why Humans are Born Fit for Freedom (Part I) [new The Good Life column]

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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: ““People are scum.” “Mankind is a moral wasteland.” “I’m ashamed to be human.” “Whenever cynics express themselves, I’m tempted to retort that philosophy is autobiography and they should put their claims in the first-person: “I am scum.” “I am a moral wasteland.” “I’m ashamed to be me.” “A colleague once took me up […]

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Are You Smart Enough to Live in a Free Society? [new The Good Life column]

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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Honestly now: Do you have what it takes? We all like to think we’re smarter than average, but the math is cruel. Half of us are below median intelligence, and some of us are considerably lower. So why should we think that freedom is a good policy for everyone?

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The Most Important Artist of the Century [new The Good Life column]

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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “A survey asked our generation’s leading artists and critics to identify the most influential artist of the twentieth century. Who won? If you guessed Pablo Picasso — nice try, but he came in second. “Before identifying the survey’s winner, let’s ask why it matters who topped the

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PanAm Post interview by Belén Marty — Spanish, Portuguese, and English versions

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In Buenos Aires, I was interviewed by journalist Belén Marty for the PanAm Post. The theme was populism, postmodernism, and politics, as captured in the title “Populism Succeeds Where Education Fails.” Here are the interview’s original Spanish and English versions, and the interview has now also been translated into Portuguese by Adriel Santana.

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Professor Martin Coleman to speak at Rockford University

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On November 13 at 4 p.m., Martin Coleman will be visiting Rockford University. Professor Coleman is a leading expert on the philosophy of George Santayana (he of the “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” line) and is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Indiana University — Purdue University in Indianapolis.

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